Since I passed from Windows 7 to my first Linux it was practically a year ago and unfortunately I had to deal with a card ATI (AMD) which has caused me more than one headache, causing strong envy towards users who have a NVIDIA or even one Intel integrated.
Recognizing that drivers free Radeon they are decent for a desktop computer, I also recognize that they can be dangerous for a laptop, for example my laptop can easily reach 99 degrees with these drivers and unfortunately for laptop users we can only use the drivers Catalyst, which have improved a lot since the first time I tried them (11.4 May) but still do not reach the sole of women's shoes NVIDIA.
Users ATI we vehemently demand that we can enjoy dignified support, that it is not just words, just promises, we want some drivers that serve to play a high definition movie without overloading the CPU, we want the xvba-video library to really work like vdpau for users of NVIDIA, I don't think it's too much to ask, to have decent GPU acceleration, even if it was only half of what you can enjoy in Windows.
It's a shame that my Radeon HD 4650 of 1GB looks like a graph of 10 euros, really a shame, I sincerely hope that for this year that is about to come, AMD can put the batteries and make us change our minds to all linuxers and that their graphics can really be an alternative.
I will buy one Intel, and what will you do?