My First Impressions of new ASUS EAH3870 X2

>Could some 3870 owners explain how the card tops a 8800GTX.>Despite a lower framerate, its visually better?>>The impression I had from reviews was it runs a fair bit>louder and hotter, >and frame rate is a fair bit lower with FSX?>>I thought the 2nd Gpu and its related memory is not used by>FSX so its effectively a 1 GPU video card with 512mb of 256>bit wide ram,>compared to 768mb of 384bit wide bandwidth in a 8800gtx?>>I thought Phil Taylor suggested it was bandwidth that is key>in FSX?>>Maybe someone can post/link to some full size screen shots ,>give a location and I'll post the same so we can compare. >The drivers are what make the difference.My Visiontek 3870 Overclocked version form BestBuy (30 day return policy) makes no noise when I am in FSX. I even tried tuning up the core to 840 mhz and still no noise and no problem with heat. I have never seen FSX cause any of my video cards to get hot anyway. It's CoD4 that will do it for sure.I just now used RivaTuner v2.08 to set the fan to 100% and I can just barely here it with the case door off. The only time I heard the fan get loud was when I was installing the driver. When the installation routine was finished and I re-booted the system the fan was dead quiet. It's runs at 25% default.I am extremely happy with this card. My Gigabyte 7950GX2 is a great card as well but the nvidia drivers just plain suck.I am running FSX sp2 at 1900x1200x32 with no noticable stuttering or visual problems. The visual quality is outstanding. I am very happy having purchased this card; and it's not very expensive at $250.