I haven't had problems with AMD drivers on Windows, but on Linux I tried the AMD proprietary driver recently based on hearing good things. The version in Ubuntu

I haven't had problems with AMD drivers on Windows, but on Linux I tried the AMD proprietary driver recently based on hearing good things. The version in Ubuntu 14.04 had noticeable tearing when scrolling, and Team Fortress 2 froze my computer. So I tried using the beta driver from AMD, and it broke things seemingly beyond repair (I spent hours going through suggestions on Stack Overflow). So to those who are considering trying it out, try it with caution!