"There has been a lot going on in graphics cards as of late. With
the release of XFree86 4.0.2, we've also seen the ATI Radeon come into
the picture for Linux. The Radeon is an extremely powerful chipset and
even gave NVidia a run for its money upon release. The main factor that
hurts ATI is the lack of continued driver development. However, one
questions if this will be the case in the future if ATI has a deal with
Precision Insight (also developing ATI's drivers) to make this set of
drivers the open-source variety."
FULL STORY @ THEDUKEOFURL (http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide7)