VNC for Windows

[respectTheCode]

I am new to the Windows world and struggling to find a good VNC server and client. On MacOS VNC is built in and works very well. Mac to Mac vnc performance is often fast enough that you don't even notice that you are using a remote machine. From my research TigerVNC appears to be the fastest VNC server but the Mac to Windows performance is quite bad. The frame rate is very low dragging windows around is almost impossible. I tried the TigerVNC client for Windows to Windows but the mouse seemed to only work some times and the cursor was never visible.

 

I am really trying to make a new Razer Blade my daily driver but I need to be able to VNC into Macs and a way to remote into PCs. I find it hard to believe that Windows doesn't have a decent option for something as basic as VNC.

[Anghammarad]

Try TightVNC or RealVNC. 

 

I personally prefer TightVNC 

 

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, respectTheCode said:

for Windows to Windows

For such a use case, use the built-in RDP

 

[respectTheCode]

10 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

For such a use case, use the built-in RDP

 

RDP seems to cause problems with apps that are using the GPU and other hardware. Most of the machines I access are video servers that are processing and playing video either on the GPUs displayport or SDI output cards.

[Radium_Angel]

2 hours ago, respectTheCode said:

GPUs displayport or SDI output cards.

Ah, that's much more complex. For that I don't have a solid answer.

[respectTheCode]

On 8/25/2020 at 8:26 AM, Anghammarad said:

Try TightVNC or RealVNC. 

 

I personally prefer TightVNC 

 

TightVNC is much better than TigerVNC on the client side and seems to be an improvement on the server side as well. Its still not the performance you get on a Mac but it's usable.

 

Thanks for the help.