<< The competition between ATI and Nvidia is fiercer than ever. In every aspect of the pc graphic market, chipsets, and in consoles as well.
I think that ATI needs to really work on their driver support. I dont think that they have terrible support, but I just think it is Nvidia's great driver support that just outshines ATI. >>
I think that ATI actually did a good job with their drivers...it was kinda slow start with people having to wait a long time...but since i downloaded every single beta and/or leaked driver and tested them i can NOT complain about a lack of available drivers. More to test/benchmark than one could want...in addition to many "hacks" eg. user made their own drivers by mixing various versions and releasing them. (Never tried them, tho 🙂
I have no reason to complain...especially since the 9021 drivers (for 98) or the 6043 drivers (for XP)....everything runs fine for me.
About the naming:
Hm.....Radeon 10000 sounds kinda retarded... i don't know 🙂
I never associated their versions with the release of DirectX...but now since you mention it...hmmm.....
Radeon 9000 would make more sense of course....