Matrox was 'the best' but ATI also had great 2D, whereas Matrox had no great 3D capability, with the Xpert@Play and Xpert@Work ATI had 2D that rivaled Matrox, and they had a good 3D accelerator with the ATI Rage chip. Well, good in D3D, but OGL suffered, so that's why you paired it also with a...