Overclocked or not ATI's drivers can suck wind some times. Some people get lucky, me, I've had problems with both, on clean installs, without overclocking. Sometimes you get a good hardware match sometimes you don't. As far as chips being easier to overclock, Intel had patented a device to make it impossible to overclock your processor. Who knows when it'll roll out but they at least have spent money to develop and patent something none of us overclockers will like. Shows that as a company, intel, doesn't care for our community that much. AMD's do run hot, but with a descent cooling solution heat can be overcame. What I like is AMD has taken the initiative with AMD64. Can't wait for the desktop hammer to come out. I use processors from both camps (even got a cyrix I still run). It's a matter of your needs and wants. But the fact is without AMD around intel would not have pushed as hard as they have and without both companies we would not see the level of inovation that we do today.