Thanks again. I've been searching for info and haven't found much of anything. To EXT64, Nice find with the dimensions and connectors for the PSU! That will come in hand if i do have a problem and need to switch out the PSU.
I'll stick with Dells PSU as long as it doesn't give any problems. Chances are it won't under warrenty. But if it starts to after that, upgrading the power supply would probably be the best thing to do. I found a few posts saying Dell PSUs tend to be better than they are rated for. Though I also found a few people saying they have been cutting corners on PSU quality lately. So I still dont have a better idea what to expect.
From what I could find, it looks like the XPS 9000 does not support multiple video cards, so the only reason i would want to upgrade the PSU is for longevity of the system. I'm gonna bug the Dell support again and ask about that, and try asking about the 12v rails again. They should be able to give that info.
From what i could tell, the ATI 5870 has great idle power consumption, but I think it draws 350 watts at max load. No matter how good of a 475 watts the PSU is, that would probably strain it. Oh well, still 3 weeks till i get it. I'll know better then.