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Why is VNC on Windows so slow?

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Mar 15, 2026172754 views
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In a test, I could stream a full HD movie across our network from my friend's computer, no problem. It's as fast as I could want. But VNC is painfully slow. We've tried Real VNC and Tight VNC, I've played around with the settings, but nothing seems to make a difference; it's just so slow. Does anyo…

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VNC is just plain inefficient. VNC works pretty much by taking a series of screenshots, compressing them, and slinging them across the network On Windows, RDP will give you better performance, but you need professional or better on the server/source…

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