Originally Posted by ExHail 
Although those nVidia partners are very good( no one can deny that specially with the upgrade EVGA offers and the 10year warranty from BFG) but there are good ATI partners as well... HIS and Gigabyte are my first choice ATI manufacturers. Top quality components and good support after purchase as well.
My experience has been worse with nVidia than with ATI specially with driver support. Its all dependant on how you use the card and also how you view good support.
ATI drivers might not always perform the best but you can almost swear that they will at least work and not cause your computer to have random crashes. Too many nVidia drivers have caused my PC to crash over the last 5 months, the nVidia card I owned 3 years prior was the same and the nVidia cards my friends owned over the last 2 years gave them the same problems with drivers and game support(having to always change drivers to play a specific game and then changing back because every other game crashes with those drivers).
Enthusiasts might not like ATI drivers for lack of performance improvements but at least they work and don't break your PC when you up grade.
I have never had a driver issue.
Many of these issues are caused by other underlying problems and not actually the driver itself.
The fact remains aswell.....The companies that produce ATI cards are of poorer quality than the ones that produce nVidia.
BTW......EVGA step-up is a PITA for Uk customers and really isnt worth the hassle (i did it last year). Still.......i would rather have a EVGA than a HIS or Sapphire every day of the week.