TMPG and Hardware MPEG2 encoding?

[dbzgundam]

I wanted to start encoding a bit faster (of course filters would also slow it down.... But just in general) with MPEG2, and have been finding TMPG to encode MPEG2, slower than the same filters using Xvid! (MSP6, VHQ1, Chroma, BVOPS, HVS-Good, Trellis, Qpel, Turbo, Cartoon)

I don't mean there's a problem or anything, but I find it quite annoying when I want to encode some DVD material... So if I happened to purchase a hardware MPEG2 encoder, would TMPGEnc Pro be capable of using it? If so, could I still use custom matrixes? (KDVD)

Also if it depends on the card more than TMPG, can anyone recommend some good MPEG2 encoders to me? (Decent price and quality..... Not just visual, but also longevity)

[2ZOD.COM]

TMPGenc is software to encode MPEG-2 videos.
What you're talking about is hardware to encode MPEG-2 videos.

An encoder card is all you need to spit out the MPEG-2. There is nothing eles to it besides some kind of control application. TMPGenc has the MPGE-2 encoding built into it with math algorithms, while the hardware card does it in it's hardware. What I'm saying it there's no way they would work together.