ATI pulled this product off their online store on the morning of Sept. 21st. I called up their online sales dep. on Sept. 22nd, and the rep. said that he "hasn't been informed on the reasoning", but suspects it might be to fill the backorders at retail locations. He then proceeded to suggest that I go to retail outlets to make my purchase. In either case, I then told him that the retail stores have pulled the item off the shelves as well due to the aforementioned HD reason, so in a drone voice he repeated his script about not being informed as to the reasoning behind them pulling the card and offered me some corporate pre-sale phone number.
The nerve... I'm sure I'm not the first one calling there... Why can't at least come up with some common party line that all reps. adhere to. Matter of fact, I called on the 21st and got a different type of BS response about the product being discontinued. When I asked the rep. how a product can be discontinued after being on the marked for just several weeks he lost his gift of speech.
Oh well... I guess its hurry up and wait till they sort out all the bugs.
By the way, I'm wondering if these "issues" are with the 650 chipset, in which case cards from all 650 manufacturers will be affected, or it is just with the ATI-manufactured cards.