hardware 3d

How do I check my system to see if the graphics are using hardware 3d suport or not. I have a TNT2 on RH 7.1 kernel 2.4.9-?(can't remember off top of my head)I'm running all the latest updates from RH. Also I now have a dvd drive and I am trying to find a player that will play all movies and not just the unincripted ones. any ideas on a good one thats easy to install?

The best I can do is to direct you to this link:

http://glide.xxedgexx.com/genframe.php3?hardware