New Mac Pro not shipping until Feb 13 !!!?

I just ordered a new Mac Pro this morning with the default options plus a Nvidia 8800 graphics card. My order status says it will ship by Feb. 13 to avive by Feb. 14 (I used overnight shipping). I understand that making a change can delay an order a bit but wow that is quite a delay. Anyone think it will ship early? I've never ordered from the online apple store and I'm not sure what to expect. I'm hoping that they are just being very conservative, if not this is going to be a long 5 weeks of waiting
Thanks.

I just cancelled my order - I don't want to wait up to 5 weeks for my new Mac Pro.
I re-ordered with the stock configuration and also ordered a separate Apple supplied Nvidia 8800 GT which is now on the US site for $350 - this will ship later when available. I called Apple and they checked with an engineer and told me the 8800 won't work concurrently with the stock ATI card but that it will run with two 8800.
SLI in Bootcamp would be nice but I doubt two 8800s will support it. Has anyone heard of anyone getting SLI in a Mac Pro (OSX or Bootcamp)? I'm going to try the Nvidia and ATI together because I want to run 2 monitors with an optional TV for the occasional Front Row use. I'll keep this thread updated and let everyone know if it works - I don't always trust the info from any technical support department.
Does anyone know if two GPUs (i.e. two 8800s) will give a performance boost over one card in OSX with apps like Final Cut Studio 2?

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