Ok, I tested out all sorts of configurations and I have come to the the following conclusions...
There is a video performance hit in CleanROM 2.3. I attribute this performance hit to the change in kernels. I did some testing to confirm this.
Basically while nearly identical benchmark results the user experience took a hit with the new kernel. Video performance was just not the same!
I pushed a SP1 file for everyone on CleanROM 2.3. You can download in ROM Updater. See post #2 for ROM Updater instructions.
I am also updating the core ROM itself so going forward (in about 45 Minutes) so everyone downloading the the complete ROM will have the SP1 file integrated. I will update the OP when the upload completes.
SP1 also included the Hotspot patch.