Why RDP so laggy?

[Silent.Hunter]

The reason why RDP is laggy is because a lot of data has to be transferred from the server to your screen.

I have a 16MBs connection and the RDP is just a little laggy. Of course it also depends how many people are connected.

Latency is the main criteria IMO. I have just 512 kilobits connection and the RDPs which I have run flawlessly

 

[foxman]

the greatest thread basher foxman is having troubles with rdp
mate as u described in earlier post u use a 512k connection that might be a issue so please with your uploading money but atleast a 1mb connection

That is not a reason as some have stated!

 

[RT]

Upgrade your internet to at least 1MB, that will solve your issues.

 

[byte_s]

It is all about your home connection speed. If you have a fast connection, it is good to use the rdp.

 

[drlove]

My latency is pretty bad (over 400ms) but still have a perfect experience.

Otherwise if you have a low latency the data has to come in at a relatively high speed. If you have a low speed, you might still face problems.

Let's keep it on a combination of latency and speed. And surprise, surprise also a fast graphics card might help.

It's not just one major reason ....

Latency is the main criteria IMO. I have just 512 kilobits connection and the RDPs which I have run flawlessly

 

[gfxguru]

as you are on 512kbps connection, i would suggest you to make the screen resolution of rdp connection to 800x600 from display also disable visual things from options.

Click options:

go to display:
make the display resolution to 800x600 or less if your internet speed is not stable
change colors from 32bit to 16bit

now go to Experience tab:
and select Modem 56K on performance.

thats it
now go and connect, it should be much faster.

also if 800x600 is smooth for you go and try different resolutions.

Cheers

 

[jayfella]

turn down the colors as well. You only need like 256 on a rdp.

 

[zyberakuma]

you can also try to add these lines in your default.rdp file in Windows 7 C:\Users\YOUR USER\Documents

bitmapcachesize:i:32000
bitmappersistcachelocation:s:\Temp

make sure

bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1

you can even set the value

session bpp:i:[B]value[/B]

to 8 but the display will be a real crap

NOTE:
default.rdp is a hidden file, you can edit it with Notepad.

this works perfectly for me, if anyone missed it.

 

[am21]

i suggest you try teamviewer if you lag on rdp

teamviewer is a lot slower than windows remote desktop