Power/performance ratio has always been good from ATI's stuff, and my 6950 has been cranking frames without making too much noise and without issue, despite the being run at 910/1420 pretty much since I installed it.
AMD and ATI have usually been my top picks for building a system. It always comes down to price/performance when I start a build. I hope that AMD can hang in there and continue making both great CPUs and GPUs.
I like that i have 4 7970s already, I like how they cant include a FLReset+ in the vbios. Gonna give these to a friend that cant afford a decent set of cards if i win.