ps - I don't dispute that you're having a great experience with the games that you play. I'm more concerned about the month long waiting game of ATI driver catch up after a newly released game.
Thats the thing though, the "risk" you state is practicaly unfounded, every new game I have bourght since having my 4890 for instance has played perfectly well, never had to wait for drivers, can you state any games where this has been the case apart from Shift?
I don't mean ATI bringing out "optomised" drivers, I mean waiting for the game to be even playable.
For instance a lack of 5 fps is not a game breaking driver issue.