Gorgon is a 2D graphics library for .NET. It uses Direct 3D to provide hardware acceleration for 2D graphics.

Gorgon includes such features as:

• Sprites, obviously.
• Primitives like lines, rectangles, circles, etc...
• Shader support.
• Plug-ins.
• A virtual file system.
• And more...

You can find out more and get support at the Gorgon website.

Gorgon uses SlimDX as the layer that links Direct 3D with .NET.