RachelMar 7, 2024
Why am I fixated in PCoIP cards????

They have come down in price a ton but I don't have a good use right?

Wait what if I put a PCoIP card in my desktop and put a thin client on the TV????

This is a terrible idea but moonlight just wasn't working on the TV ​​
Show threadDial Tone, Busy Signal *biiip*Mar 7, 2024

@rachel Damn! I just had to yank my own geek credentials. I've never heard of a PCoIP card...

So, how do they work? I get the gist of it from a couple of short articles (one being Teradici), but at which end do you use them? The workstation? And, if so, what is the rest of the workstation for? It looks like you just plug ethernet and monitors into them. Do they use RAM and the CPU?

I'm guessing so, to some extent. I saw one from AMD that combines the 2240 with graphics.

Show threadDial Tone, Busy Signal *biiip*

@rachel I mean, unless you want to, no need to explain. But, do you have a good explainer you could point me to?

I'm a little annoyed that I've taken a couple of IT classes and these haven't come up, yet, though they did cover some server hardware and management.

Mar 7, 2024 at 4:28amWeb
Show threadRachelMar 7, 2024
@simSalabim oh it is a type of thin client where you put a host card in a computer, the host card has a network port and display port input

Then you connect to it with a thin/zero client device, so it is a type of vdi solution

And I went with a different option for my office setup so I don't think this would work after all (I have optical displayport/USB cables)
Show threadDial Tone, Busy Signal *biiip*Mar 7, 2024

@rachel neat! So, in your case, is it because you PCoIP requires HDMI? And you're using USB for network access?

I've been curious about zero and thin clients for home use, but I never had the time to look into what I'd need. Hopefully, I will be going into IT/IS soon(ish) and will be able to kinda reclaim all of this as a hobby.

It's been probably 20 years since I built a computer. 😭

Show threadRachelMar 7, 2024
@simSalabim oh no so the price must have dropped on these super hard in the last year

So instead of a thin client I got displayport and USB cables that have built-in optical transceivers. The cables go from my office to my rack where the desktop lives.

But I can't do the optical cables and PCoIP at the same time I'm mostly sure of that at least. Not an issue at first except with how flakey moonlight was for some games I kinda want to try something else to get monster hunter up on my TV haha