strip chart in C#

Hello,
Ive done some work in C# using Visual Studio 2005 and have just upgraded to Visual Studio 2008. I was wondering if there have been any improvements made in plotting capabilities. My task is to create an application that will accept serial input from several instruments, parse the incoming data, plot some waveforms on a strip chart on a gui and log the data. I have considered using a C++ back end to receive, parse and log the data and a LabVIEW front end to display the data real time on strip charts. I would prefer to just do everything in C# but was not too impressed with the charting capability using VS2005. Have things improved with 2008 or 2010? Thanks.