[plug] ATI Linux 3d Support (or: ATI vs NVidia)

[Trevor Phillips]

Does anyone know the current state of 3D support for Linux as concerns the 
newer ATI graphics cards? Last I looked into this, NVidia's drivers, although 
being binary only, gave comparable performance to Windows, and so were the 3D 
performance choice for Linux users...

Basically, if I wanted to play, say, UT2k3 under Linux, would an ATI Radeon be 
a smart choice, or is NVidia still the Linux performance (and support) king?

And on a related tangent, how good is ATI 2d and feature support and 
performance under Linux, compared to NVidia?

Thanks...

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