for me i got the 600 700 range

really good job

Download was great but had one quick question. Upon completion of the download I got some odd popup (no unfortunately didn't save it or memorize it) that said something to the equivalent of "Failed initialization of the program Galactic Civilizations 2"

1) Is this normal? Has it happened to others?
a) if its not normal what should I do
2) Is it just that the game attempted to launch Gal Civ 2 and since it is not complete yet until launch-day that it failed because the game is not fully operational?

Cykophrog, I had the same pop-up. It said that the game could not be activated. I took a screen shot, but I don't have it on this computer so I can't write exactly what it said: I will update with that later. However, it didn't seem to cause any actual problems, but I won't really know until I download the remaining files on Tuesday.

When I try to launch the game I get that gadget you talked about: like the opening menu where I can pick from update the game, manual, and preload info. So it hasn't had any effect but like I said.. really weird popup.. just hope everything runs right when the final loads up.
I'll let you know, and hopefully everything works alright regardless of what that popup said.