MS Remote Desktop speed ???

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Have been reading on the forum here that MS remote desktop client is pretty fast for most people..........but

What can it handle......

3D ??
Games ??​

And would Gigabit ethernet connection make a difference

Simply.......where is the limit, I know there must be some

Thanks

 

[pulsewidth947]

Have been reading on the forum here that MS remote desktop client is pretty fast for most people..........but

What can it handle......

3D ??
Games ??
And would Gigabit ethernet connection make a difference

Noooo no no no Its meant for fixing things and remote admin and stuff. It is actually quite slow. Gigabit would help, but I doubt it would be fast enough for 3D/Games. On my 100mbit i think the frame rate is around 4-5fps, the same as ARD. Thats only a guesstimate so dont take it as biblical.

Its all about how fast the Video is sent over the network. My advice is try it and see

 

[grapes911]

It is a very usable remote desktop. I think it runs a somewhat better than than Apple's remote desktop. But even so, it is only a remote desktop. Games and such are a no-no. It streams music well for me, even clear across states. I set it up on all windows computers my family and friends have. It makes it easy to fix their smaller problems.

 

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Noooo no no no Its meant for fixing things and remote admin and stuff. It is actually quite slow. Gigabit would help, but I doubt it would be fast enough for 3D/Games. On my 100mbit i think the frame rate is around 4-5fps, the same as ARD. Thats only a guesstimate so dont take it as biblical.

Its all about how fast the Video is sent over the network. My advice is try it and see

I just read here that people thought it was fast and good.....so what kind of apps can I run ??

 

[grapes911]

I just read here that people thought it was fast and good.....so what kind of apps can I run ??

As long as the program doesn't require direct hardware access (like games need the video card), it works fairly well.

 

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As long as the program doesn't require direct hardware access (like games need the video card), it works fairly well.

Ohh OK.......but programs that does not require direct access are ??

Word, Dreamweaver, Photoshop

Thanks

 

[grapes911]

Ohh OK.......but programs that does not require direct access are ??

Word, Dreamweaver, Photoshop

Thanks

Word runs fine. I've never used DW or Photoshop over RD, but I'd guess they run pretty normal. It may be a couple of seconds slow, but nothing huge.

Remember, speed varies from network to network. Because RD is free, I suggest you download it and give it a try yourself. Your personal experience will be much more accurate than anything we posters can give you.

 

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Word runs fine. I've never used DW or Photoshop over RD, but I'd guess they run pretty normal. It may be a couple of seconds slow, but nothing huge.

Remember, speed varies from network to network. Because RD is free, I suggest you download it and give it a try yourself. Your personal experience will be much more accurate than anything we posters can give you.

OK thanks

 

[mad jew]

If you pick your task right, you can get quite a lot of benefit from having RDC. I'll tap into it a bit to do processor intensive stuff that doesn't need a GUI necessarily (such as converting music down to a smaller bit-rate). This is great because it leaves my Mac free to do whatever I want and it just has this background window showing me how the PC is fairing. I'm on a wireless network (Express) and the speed is easily adequate for this.

 

[michaelrjohnson]

RDC, and VPN in general are great tools. I use them on a daily basis up at school. I wouldn't try any gaming, but Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign work well (but sluggish).