After reading this thread at rage3d forums. It appears that ATI is shipping out X800 Pros VIVO that are just dummied down XTs. A lot of people are confirming that these cards are VIVO around the country and can be flashed to XT PEs.
At 399.99 for a VIVO X800 is semi-worth it since on pricewatch they're all selling for much higher but being easily flashable to XT PEs makes this smoking. Check the Video Forums here for threads on how to flash the card. From what I've read its reversable too if it doesn't pan out since there's no hardware modding involved unless you choose to boost to a higher core voltage for better overclocks.
I bought one at CUSA and it was a VIVO. The batch code on mine was 630430.
Good luck.
At 399.99 for a VIVO X800 is semi-worth it since on pricewatch they're all selling for much higher but being easily flashable to XT PEs makes this smoking. Check the Video Forums here for threads on how to flash the card. From what I've read its reversable too if it doesn't pan out since there's no hardware modding involved unless you choose to boost to a higher core voltage for better overclocks.
I bought one at CUSA and it was a VIVO. The batch code on mine was 630430.
Good luck.