Question Can I use “Remote Desktop” for gaming?

[ThatSourMelon]

I have windows 10 pro, there’s a feature on it (Remote Desktop) that will allow me to access my pc from anywhere as long as I’m at another computer with windows 10 (at least, that’s how I think it works). Can I use this feature for gaming? Like, if I had a laptop, or was at a friends house, and I had Remote Desktop working, could I use it to play games like it I was sitting at my gaming pc? If we both had decent connections, of course. I heard of steam in-home streaming, but would this allow me to do gaming when I’m not at my house?

 

[USAFRet]

Your experience will be less than stellar. The lag will absolutely kill any gaming performance beyond Solitaire.

 

[King_V]

You CAN do it. The experience will be extremely disappointing. Possibly like a slide-show with a lot of tearing.

 

[ThatSourMelon]

Your experience will be less than stellar. The lag will absolutely kill any gaming performance beyond Solitaire.

Do I have any other options? Fixes? Or will I be stuck playing solitaire whenever I’m out?

 

[USAFRet]

Do I have any other options? Fixes? Or will I be stuck playing solitaire whenever I’m out?

RDC is not for games.

Not a lot of options, other than a $$$$ laptop to take with you.
Or, just enjoy the company of your friends.

 

[jsmithepa]

UsafRet is being modest. Remote Desktops do their thing by continuously scanning the video ram, compresses the frame as much as it can, then shove you that frame to display it on your remote display, and it has to do that what 24 times/second? 30? 60? u just do the math, that's major bandwidth usage, not even gigabit saves u. Buy a nice gaming laptop, take it wif u anywhere.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

better luck just trying to play the games at low settings on a lower end laptop.