+1000 dude!!
I got a closeout from Wheelworld for $33 and in 4th gear the stinkin' thing had a knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock-knock...it felt like there was something hanging up on it. It got a little better over time, but I switched back to a PG990 and it's gone.
My PG990 has NEVER shifted as clean/crisp/quickly as my XT did. I'll be buying XT cassettes from now on...if I don't go Rohloff first.