Add optional hardware acceleration to RenderTargetBitmap

Question

Is there an alternative to RenderTargetBitmap that can produce an image to be used with Image.Source & is hardware accelerated in .NET 3.5 sp1? Answers for .NET 4.0 are fine but I may not be able to use them.

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Answer 1

Have you looked at BitmapCacheBrush

That class is hardware accelerated (runs on the GPU) and can be used like any other brush (just create a Rectangle and set its Fill property to the brush).