I've never had a driver crash ever. And I have an over clock on 290 crossfire. Obviously your doing something wrong because I've never had issues. My 660ti on the past never had problems, except for when I over over clocked of course, but that doesn't count. So yes nvidia does crash as much, as to say, not really at all. But I'm anal with my pc, very clean and as far as software, near barebones. No gaming evolved, no game booster or mobo programs. Just basics and Realtek drivers cause witcher 3 wouldn't work without them. Perhaps something you have is conflicting with your drivers?