> I'm sure somewhere in the back of his mind he remembers
> that 2.8 isn't intended to offer new support.

Do you think it's impossible that this intention might have changed and that Zylesea has become aware of this change somehow?

> Are the improvements in 3D performance going to make it into the next release?

I'm not aware of any changes regarding the MorphOS Team's intention to introduce improved R100/R200 3D drivers in MorphOS 2.8. But then I'm probably not the right one to answer this question anyway ;-)