People's experiences certainly can vary for sure... I used to avoid ATi for the reasons I've already mentioned, but also because their driver support wasn't great, and I'd read so many reports on gaming forums about glitches and crashes, but since switching to ATi about 9 months ago, I've had virtually no problems whatsoever, using an X850XT, standard ATi drivers and CCC from the ATi site. In fact, the only glitch I've encountered so far is in SHIV, with the Sun-glare issue.
