[mythtv-users] ATI IGP 9100, GUI speed, and 2D vs 3D acceleration

[Kevin Kuphal]

I recently built a remote frontend so I could relegate my mythbackend to 
the basement.  My board is a Soyo board using an ATI IGP 9100 chipset 
and I have a VGA->NTSC converter that drives my rear projection TV.  
When the frontend/backend combo was in use, the GUI was very responsive 
even on the "lowly" Voodoo 5 I had in that machine.  I'm noticing now on 
the remote frontend that, specifically in the Watch Recordings screen, 
there is noticable painting going on.  I notice this most when going in 
and out of the pop-up menu.

I'm currently using RedHat 9, 2.4 kernel from ATRPMS, XFree86 4.3.0 and 
the ATI proprietary drivers which provide only 2D acceleration. 

My question is, does MythTV benefit from the 3D acceleration that I 
would get from moving to the DRI drivers from dri.sourceforge.net for my 
card which do provide 3D acceleration (I don't need the TV-out that the 
ATI drivers provide).  And if so, is there a build of such drivers for 
4.3.0 on the 2.4 kernel or do I have to move to x.org which could 
introduce issues into my otherwise well running system.

Thanks in advance,
Kevin