Teggs it didn't have any issues I can remember, but the performance on games wasn't as good as the 580 (judging solely by FPS on highest settings for the games I played and my hardware setup). But yeah, given the tasks they're probably doing, if you can find a 5500 or 5600 on sale, it would be worth it.
I'd still try and avoid the entire Nvidia 16 series as those cards were mostly hot garbage. If you really want Nvidia and gaming or graphical performance isn't so much of an issue as support.....I guess a 1650 or 1660 is okay.