WPF Performance Improvements .NET 3.5 SP1 includes several significant performance optimizations and improvements to WPF. Some of the specific graphics improvements include: Smoother animations Hardware accelerated rendering of Blur and DropShadow Bitmap Effects Text Rendering speed improvements - especially with VisualBrish and 3D scenes 2D graphics improvements - especially with z-index scenario
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