the new softwre mode (blitter) is SLOWER for you? you don't turn it on - it's the default. you have to turn on opengl, or 'old software mode' from misc menu. after that, you can go back to 'opengl 2 blitter'.
if opengl2 blitter is slow for you, go back to the old software mode from the misc menu.
Schtruck probably would like a logcat so he can see what's going on - use the 'alogcat' program.