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PRA Jump Client and RDP session latency for AutoCad and other GPU-rendered use cases

  • July 16, 2026
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Hello!
We are using PRA - jump client based connections as well as BYOT RDP (more hops). We have frequently noticed drastic lag /slowness when remote sessions are used for HD/4K video manipulation, 3D modelling other GPU-accelerated use cases. In certain cases Solidworks models don’t even show up in PRA. Bandwidth and remote computer resources are not a concern  as these are purpose built workstations. Anyone else has faced similar issues ? any suggestions to improve performance 

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  • BeyondTrust Employee
  • July 20, 2026

Where is the remote connection being made in relation to the appliance?  ie, is the remote target on one coast and the appliance on the other?  Another country?

I would think that screen scraping HD/4k is going to expect some latency, simply due to the resolution.

There are options in the access to console to render/lower the resolution to assist performance.

In the console, select File > Settings > Screen Sharing > Default Quality

 

Hope this helps.

Todd


  • Rising Star
  • July 20, 2026

In my experience with those types of use cases, external BYOT RDP is the only option. We use it for GIS / high-res mapping applications and the built-in native bomgar jump client and desktop access console method is unusable. The screen scraping method that is used is just not ideal for this type of application. However, when we use Microsoft’s native RDP via the external BYOT RDP feature, we see much better results and it is very usable. 

As a test, you should try to use native RDP from one part of your network (ideally replicated your BT PRA if possible, but as close as you can) TO the same graphics workstations you’re referring to and see what that performance is like using your applications. I am saying do not involve BT PRA at all to get a baseline. If that doesn’t work well already then adding anything else (no matter what the remote access product is), you probably can’t do what you’re trying to do. Or you have to use an entirely different approach like Teradici, Horizon, VDI built for 3D modeling, etc. 


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  • Rising Star
  • July 21, 2026

May be unrelated, but we've seen similar performance issues when remoting into physical workstations with no monitor connected. Installing HDMI dummy dongles improved performance significantly.

We've also seen different results between BT Remote RDP and Jump Client console access.

In some cases, using a local Jumpoint/gateway server on the same network as the target endpoint has also improved performance.