Radeon X800: This Is the End?

Several users are still waiting for AMD/ATI to release a new Radeon X800 Mac Edition RoHS compliant. The production was stopped last year to respect the new regulation for reducing the use of hazardous compounds in consumer electronics. AMD/ATI regularly postponed the date of the launch of a new card.
According to a XLR8yourmac.com reader, ATI does not plan to relaunch production of a RoHS compliant Radeon X800 Mac Edition as the potential market is currently too small.
For some users it is of course a problem as the Radeon X800 was the only powerful card available for the some Powermac G5. Graphic cards have always been the Apple's Achilles heel, and we would have an easier life if Apple would accept to license its drivers to other manufacturers in order to given them the opportunity to release Mac-dedicated products.