Do ATI cards 'stutter'?

[magick]

Just been watching a video on youtube of someone comparing a 5970 to 480 SLI running GTA IV and Metro 2033 and the guy says that ATI cards suffer from micro stuttering in both of these games while the Nvidia ones don't. Is this fanboy nonesense or has anyone else experienced this 'micro stuttering' with ATI cards with these or any other games?

 

[magick]

Yeah that's maxishine you're refering to and yes I think he prefers Nivdia over ATI, saying that xfire is not perfect and you may well get stutter in games, can apply to SLI as well. GTA4 and metro, ATI have performance issues with these game and more so with xfire.

So if you'r serious about playing GTA 4 with bells and whistles that means I should go for a single 480? I'd sooner go for a 5870 as these are much, much quieter and i'm very sensitive to noise. Hmm confused about what to go for?

EDIT

I'm after a single card system to play @ 1920x1200

 

[magick]

Magick - if you are after a 5870 then how about one of these :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

or..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-002-HS

I thought the sapphire was the best 5870?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-214-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

 

[magick]

Yeah sapphire looks like the best choice