Catalyst Driver Updatse on Steam

Is it just me or does this sound like a horrible idea? 

AMD and Valve have just announced that the latest AMD/ATI drivers will be available via steam making it extremely easy to update your drivers before playing.

With today's exciting announcement from AMD and Valve®, Steam gamers will never again have to worry about finding the most recent ATI Catalyst™ graphics driver. PC gamers can now detect and install the latest ATI Catalyst™ driver for their ATI Radeon™ graphics card directly from within Steam! Gamers using ATI graphics will not only be kept posted on the latest available drivers for their hardware, but with every update they'll know that they're getting the overall best possible gaming experience AMD and Valve can provide.

Now we all know that Steam does some crazy stuff in the background, usually just updating game files and reporting back about your computer hardware.  So it stands to reason that steam will now do the same with video drivers and become the new MGA (Microsoft Genuine Advantage) of the gaming world. 

Of course when Microsoft issues an update it usually has been thoroughly tested and ensured to work, however that is not always the case with video drivers.

Granted this is a good thing as most "non-technical" gamers will often use whatever driver comes on the installation CD, but what about the hard-core hardware guys that will often use a certain driver version because it plays their game better?

Related Web URL: http://blogs.amd.com/play/2010/09/14/video-driver-...