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Ah yes - additional factor! Remember FSX is an old engine and still makes many demands on the CPU that rightfully should be handled on the GPU in any modern 3D product.I am sure many will buy the card without equal upgrade to their CPU/RAM/HD and be shocked that some aspects may not improve as much as hoped. Not the card's fault or anything to do with it... be sure to bring ones whole machine up to a balanced spec.Only real gripes - four ports on the back for 4 monitors, two requiring active minidp adapters and yet Asus at least only include an adapter for one. ( not sure if second can be passive but doubt it)Want six screens like the sales promotion? Well that's iffy... requires daisychainable DP monitors and they are expensive and rare - so not a sane route for many - or the MST hub. a Product which at this date still does not exist. ( alledgedly mid 2012). That said I am unsure what will happend to frame rates at that point. My own intention is to put instrument panels of the latter- possibly with touch panels but I may just end up networking a second PC for that.

Yes - bought with trepidation after all the comments about ATI and clouds etc... Have to say I'm running it at high levels of detail across 3 HD screens and it rocks!Frame rates are goodI've not encountered any of the AA issues people mention of past cards or drivers once I'd set up my options. It also has many tuning settings for quality versus performance.I'd also expected it to sound like a jet engine form all I'd read by the knockers... it is fine. It isn't silent but none of these performance cards are. Maybe it may get noisy under but I've yet to get it to work up that kind of sweat!Oh yeah - don't forget when building that new machine and reinstalling FSX - add the service packs before you bother looking at frame rates! I'd fortgotten what a dog FSX was straight from the box!IF you've gone three screen you may wish to change the viewing angle too - or you'll be too close against the panel.In win 7:Go to username/Appdata/Roaming/Microsoft/FSX If you cannot see the folder, in Explorer be sure in folder optpions to tick "show hidden folders"Open fsx.cfg in notepad.Find WideviewAspect=FalseChange this to WideViewAspect = TrueSorted!Much better! Though I think this setting originally antipated 3x 4:3 ratio monitors not 3x 16:9 the r4esult is pretty much a very very wide angle of view with typical amera style exageration at the extremes.If you've not yet got the monitors seriously consider 4:3 monitors. 3x16:9s feel a little like you are looking out of Ned Kellys helmet. I reckon 4:3s musst be cheap as chips now too...hunt the clearance items!