Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

A few months ago I upgraded my nvidia driver and then I had to downgrade to 173xx. There is a short thread here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74625 about that experience. When I ran sudo pacman -Syu now I got this:
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: xorg-server will be installed before its nvidia-173xx-utils dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (59): readline-6.0.004-1 bash-4.0.028-1 gawk-3.1.7-1 autoconf-2.64-1 cpio-2.10-1
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xulrunner-1.9.1.2-1 firefox-3.5.2-1 flac-1.2.1-2 flashplugin-10.0.32.18-1.1
ghostscript-8.70-1 glib-1.2.10-8 gpgme-1.2.0-1 hal-info-0.20090716-1
hdparm-9.21-1 hylafax-6.0.3-1 imagemagick-6.5.4.8-1 udev-141-5
initscripts-2009.07-3 inputproto-1.5.1-1 mkinitcpio-0.5.26-1 kernel26-2.6.30.4-1
libgsf-1.14.15-1 libmysqlclient-5.1.37-1 xcb-proto-1.5-1 libxcb-1.4-1
libx11-1.2.2-1 licenses-2.5-1 xf86-input-evdev-2.2.3-1 xorg-server-1.6.3-2
nvidia-173xx-utils-173.14.20-1 mesa-7.5-2 mlocate-0.22-2 mysql-clients-5.1.37-1
mysql-5.1.37-1 nvidia-173xx-173.14.20-1 openjdk6-1.5.1-1 pciutils-3.1.3-1
psmisc-22.8-1 python-pysqlite-2.5.5-1 libvisual-0.4.0-2
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smbclient-3.3.7-1 subversion-1.6.4-1 sudo-1.7.2p1-1 syslog-ng-3.0.3-2
virtualbox-modules-3.0.4-1 virtualbox-ose-3.0.4-1 wget-1.11.4-2 wine-1.1.27-1
xcb-util-0.3.5-1 xfce4-power-manager-0.8.3.1-1 xfce4-weather-plugin-0.7.3-1
Total Download Size: 277.32 MB
Total Installed Size: 827.28 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
and I'm a bit nervous abut those two warnings. Is it safe to upgrade my xorg-server in this case?
I don't know if the bug was ever fixed so I don't know if I can upgrade nvidia...

I did the upgrade and rebooted and my two screens are working fine. The bug with the latest nvidia was that it wouldn't run two screens.
Thank you both, for the responses.
BTW, yes, I upgrade more than once a month, but when there are no problems, I don't make a forum post.

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