I'd say that SPB Shell will certainly give you a lot of eye candy. It's effortless on the Bionic, where I've never seen it behave so well on other devices.
for 15 bucks it better be..lol
I started off with LP. But I had the dreaded "Redraw Issue" with it!! I could not believe it even while it was happening. I've used LP since it first came out. Oh, well, I switched to Go Launcher and it has behaved perfectly - smooth and fast.
I'm a fan of the stock launcher.