A new remote desktop pipeline for Windows has achieved under-60ms end-to-end latency on a wired LAN, according to a DEV Community report. By disabling all-intra frames and using low-latency IP settings, the system hit a median latency of 53ms, with the 95th percentile at 71ms and the 99th at 93ms. The architecture uses D3D11 capture, CUDA resizing, NVENC encoding, UDP transport with adaptive FEC, NVDEC decoding, and D3D12 rendering.

These figures are significant because they keep common desktop interactions like typing and window drags within a sub-100ms envelope, preserving a sense of immediacy. The developer used clock-aligned, frame-level data to back up the claims. The project details specific test hardware and outlines pitfalls involving CUDA and DirectX interop, as well as NVENC configuration traps.

Future plans include adding AV1 support and enabling Intel iGPU clients.