I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop and gave the restricted drivers coming with the install for my ATI card a shot, expecting them to work flawlessly. They did, in the regard that they kept the 4870X2 quiet, as opposed to the noisy default open-source drivers. They did not, however, have decent performance. Movies were choppy and moving any kind of window was an ugly sight.
Looking to remedy the situation, I looked towards AMD.com and found the newer 11.8 drivers and followed this walkthrough to update them.
I now enjoy both a quiet card and good performance.
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