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I have a very powerful PC for gaming ... which is phisically far from me at the moment. Same country, but a few cities far.

I've been following OnLive's development and it's a nice solution ... however, I'd like to use MY very own PC with MY games, etc etc. Is there such an application which lets me play games ? (Does the compression - control?)

TeamViewer is already gives me a decent speed, except I can't control D3D applications correclty.
(There is a related question on the site, but the solution is not working anymore, the app is dead.)

(both PCs are running Windows 7 x64.
Uplink is not a problem, got 35mbps upload on the gaming PC.)

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Tried "StreamMyGame", with not much luck. The service seems to be a bit dead, the webpage got 2007 graphics, the set up was a hassle. Tried to stream games, but all I get is still pictures and 8bit color depth. :/ – Shiki Aug 31 '11 at 11:31
TeamViewer gave me an ALMOST decent speed, but I'll have to wait until the ISP turns up my downlink. That'll happen tomorrow. – Shiki Aug 31 '11 at 11:36
Update: StreamMyGame with 6mbps. It s*cks, hard time. I have a ~20ms ping between the host and guest PCs. No drop, nothing. 6mbps at client, 80mbps at host. It lags SOOOO much, I can't even figure out what's happening. It's just ...bad. REALLY bad. ANYONE? :( – Shiki Sep 1 '11 at 15:23
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Considering you're using a modern version of windows, i'd suggest giving RDP a shot - The newer versions on windows 7 actually work better when the fancy options are turned on.

The problem i see is not bandwith, its latency. Unless you're playing a turn based game, the time it takes for your commands to reach the host and back would probably mean you got killed.

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Sadly, it didn't work. :/ – Shiki Sep 6 '11 at 18:06
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You could try logmein, I tried it myself with D3D applications and it worked fine.

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For some reason, after I started CS1.6, all I could see is a blank black picture. (I don't want to play CS1.6 through remote connection, it was only a try.) – Shiki Sep 5 '11 at 11:31
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The only possible way so far is:
Having a Windows Server 2008R2 with a powerful GPU and a fast connection.

You will have to start a virtual machine with RemoteFX enabled. That will let you play games with a nearly normal speed.

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Could you elaborate on that? There's a remote server with VM, and you connect to the VM? Why is Windows Server 2008 R2 needed, or the VM for that matter? – Daniel Beck Feb 13 at 12:53
You can only pass the GPU if it is a HyperV guest, and a Windows Serrver 2008R2 host. Also, you will need RemoteFX, that's why the 2008R2. As far as I know, Windows 7's Virtual PC won't be able to do this. – Shiki Feb 13 at 12:56
So the remote client connects to the VM host system? – Daniel Beck Feb 13 at 15:21
No, to the HyperV guest, which is RemoteFX enabled. (It's designed for datacenters, thinclients.) – Shiki Feb 15 at 15:17
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