Maybe stability isn't the right word. I've always had insoluble trouble with non-Intel chipset boards, but never show-stopper problems. Usually stuff like DMA won't work properly. That's been the most common one of recent years. (And, yes, I've installed the chipset drivers. I've followed the motherboard's instructions, the chipset's instructions, internet folks' instructions, different driver versions, every permutation I can think of, including not installing them at all, and still not get it to work right. Intel chipsets need no third-party drivers and seem to work fine without arguing about it.) I don't really enjoy or have the time to argue with my computer, at least on a hardware level.