Sad, the 2900XT cannot even do DX10 propertly: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/505/2/

They took 7 months to disappoint ATI fans. I am glad I bought my 2 8800GTX XFX at launch. Thanks to the incompetence of AMD my PC has not lost value and will not loose value anytime soon. http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/r600reviewz/conclusion.php Remember Driverheaven.com has always been kind of bias towards ATI. Quote: First off the 2900XT is hugely late to market and as a result has trouble competing with an already well established part. In fact overall the XT is SLOWER than the GTS when it matters.

http://www.hardocp.com/ ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT a "Flop" Quote: The Bottom Line “A day late and a dollar short.” Cliché but accurate. The Radeon HD 2900 XT is late to the party and unfortunately is bringing with it performance that cannot compete. The GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB is $50 cheaper, performs better, and draws a lot less power than the 2900 XT. This is as good as it is going to get for a while from ATI. The GeForce 8800 GTX will still dominate at the high end of the video card market. Of course we do not know about DX10 games yet, and there is no way to make any predictions how that comparison will turn out. As it stands right now the Radeon HD 2900 XT, in our opinion, is a flop. ATI needs to get its act together quickly. It needs to push out the mainstream cards soon and it needs to deliver a high end card that can actually compete at the high end of the market.