I’ve been conflicted of late with the newly released 8.8 drivers for ATI cards. I have both an X1950 Pro in my home machine (under Windows XP) and an HD4850 in my work machine, however the 8.8 drivers just refuse to work under 64-bit Linux, no matter how many times I compile them. The 8.7 drivers work fine though, so it’s not a total loss when it comes to getting things like Compiz and the Cairo dock working (and the cylinder deformation looks rather spectacular across two monitors).

However, the 8.8 drivers introduce crossfire support under Linux (OK, so I don’t really need this just yet, but a 3rd monitor could be useful), and also support overclocking of the graphics card. Some of the other bug fixes would be nice, but I can live without them until proper support is forthcoming.