The world's fastest Remote
Desktop virtualization solution.
Thincast Workstation is a powerful remote virtualization solution for Windows 64-bit with full Direct X 12.1 / Vulkan 3D API support. Thincast Workstation can run multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single computer. You can access and manage them locally, remotely and even share them with others using the remote desktop protocol (RDP).
Download Thincast Workstation for Windows. Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 or later is supported.
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Installation instruction
In case you need help getting started with Thincast Workstation, you can find the documentation here.
Thincast Workstation comes with a free multi-platform client application for macOS, Linux and Windows.
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Architecture
The host system must have a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor with 2.2 GHz or faster core speed. Multiprocessor systems are supported.
Memory and storage
The minimum memory required on the host system is 2 GB, but 4 GB and above is recommended. Thincast Workstation needs at least 300 MB of available disk space for the application.
We recommend using an SSD hard drive as storage for the virtual machines.
Graphics card
Thincast Workstation provides full DirectX 12.1 / Vulkan support inside the guest operating system. This allows you to use your 3D applications with the same smooth and visual experience as running them on physical hardware.
To use hardware acceleration inside the VM, your graphics card must support at least DirectX 11:
Thincast Workstation Beta requires a 64-bit Windows operating system with the latest Service Packs installed:
Thincast V3D (Virtual 3D) is supported on the following guest operating systems:
Basically you download and install our hypervisor and add your virtual machine. After that you assign your desired GPU and install our guest additions in the virtual machine. For further information, please consult the user manual.
We have tested all current consumer cards, so we do not make a specific recommendation for a certain brand. To improve performance for remotely accessed VMs, Thincast Workstation is able to offload encoding of the remote display stream to the graphics card. If the GPU does not support H.264 encoding, software encoding will be used instead. More information can be found in the user manual of Thincast Workstation.
Thincast Workstation requires a properly configured network to communicate with the Thincast Client. You can use any ethernet controller supported by the host system. Overall bandwidth consumption depends on the number of connected users, applications in use, screen size and frame rates.
Values from the following list will give you an approximate reference point for a single user running resource intensive applications such as games, 3D applications or watching a UHD movie:
| Screen size: | Frame rate: | approx. bandwith consumption: |
|---|---|---|
| 2160p (4k) | 30 frames | 40 Mbps |
| 1440p (2k) | 30 frames | 10 Mbps |
| 1080p | 30 frames | 8 Mbps |
| 720p | 30 frames | 5 Mbps |
| 480p | 30 frames | 2.5 Mbps |
| 360p | 30 frames | 1 Mbps |
We are currently testing a variety of 3D applications and their integration with Thincast Workstation. Let us know if your 3D application is currently not supported.
Absolutely. We have tested Thincast Workstation with current games and the results are groundbreaking. Even remote gaming over the internet is supported. Direct X 12 / Vulkan and relative mouse support has been added with the latest version.
Yes! You can use every client that supports the standard RDP protocol to connect to your virtualized desktop. Just use the Virtual RDP port to connect.
However, using another client application may result in lower performance and you might be unable to use all features.
We highly recommend using Thincast Client, which is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
The latest version of Firefox has disabled hardware acceleration for some graphics cards by
default.
However, there is currently a workaround for Firefox using GPU spoofing as described here:
Blocked
Graphics Drivers
Copy/paste the following in a .bat file:
SET MOZ_GFX_SPOOF_WINDOWS_VERSION=60001
SET MOZ_GFX_SPOOF_VENDOR_ID=0x8086
SET MOZ_GFX_SPOOF_DEVICE_ID=0x0046
SET MOZ_GFX_SPOOF_DRIVER_VERSION=8.15.10.2302
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p -no-remote
Additionally set media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled to
true to enable hardware video decoding (see about:config).
Should you experience any issues with Thincast Workstation or have other support questions, please use our contact form.
In certain cases, Thincast Support might request a TSRP (Thincast Support Request Package) from you to analyze your problem.
In these cases please follow the instructions from our Thincast Support engineers.
The Thincast Beta program gives you early access to our preview releases! You can download and install Thincast Beta versions for free!
Thincast Workstation incorporates materials from several open source software projects and we are very grateful to all the respective individuals and companies for their contribution to this product. You can download the original code including our modification from the following URL:
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