VNC Performance
Solution 1:
2 things:
- Use UltraVNC or tightVNC. They're both optimized for speed.
- If using UltraVNC, install their Mirror driver. It makes the control session very smooth and flicker-free.
Solution 2:
In my experience Windows Remote Desktop is usually faster than VNC but on the same network VNC shouldn't be running super slowly.
If your video card drivers are not up to date you could see some lag caused by that. You might also try turning off Differential Compression. You can do this by clicking Start and typing optionalfeatures.exe into the searchbox and press enter. Then just find it and untick it.
As Bob mentioned, part of this is also going to depend on which VNC you are using. Other than the two mentioned by him I have also used Crossloop which was only little slower than RDP. You might also notice an issue between Vista and XP machines.