Windows 7: Select Start All Programs HP HP Remote Graphics Software HP RGS Receiver. Windows 8: Select the HP RGS Receiver tile on the Start screen. To create an RGS connection: 1. In the Hostname or IP address field, type the hostname or IP addr ess of the remote computer that is on. HP Remote Graphics Software Go out and get inspired. With HP RGS you can take your graphics intensive workstation applications wherever you go. Collaborate with colleagues around the office or around the world, in real time, for instant creative freedom. Means computer software and may include associated media. Printed materials and 'online' or electronic documentation An amendment or addendum to this ELIL4 may accept the terms of the license agreement do not accept the terms of the license agreement Cancel Remote Graphics Receiver - InstallShieId Wizard Welcome to the InstallShieId Wizard for. The HP Remote Graphics Software installer is commonly called rgsender.exe. HP Remote Graphics Software lies within System Utilities, more precisely Remote Computing. The actual developer of the free software is Hewlett-Packard. The most popular versions of the HP Remote Graphics Software are 7.0, 6.0 and 5.4. HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) brings added security, performance, mobility, and collaboration to your workstation deployment. With RGS, you can use a lower-powered desktop, notebook, or thin client to remotely connect to a powerful workstation and use your graphics-intensive workstation programs wherever you go.

Remote Graphics Software
Stable release
Developer(s)	HP Inc.
Operating system	Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, HP ThinPro, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and for the RGS receiver macOS 10.10, 10.11, 10.12
Type	Remote desktop software (client software and server software)
License	Proprietary
Website	hp.com/go/rgs

HP ZCentral Remote Boost, formerly known as HP Remote Graphics Software or HP RGS is a client-server remote desktop software developed by HP Inc. and initially launched in 2003.^[1] HP RGS enables remote access to high-performance workstations (or virtual workstations^[2]) from many different devices including other Workstations, PCs, Windows tablets, MacBooks and thin-clients.^[3] The software is targeted at remote access to graphic intensive applications, Video editing and complex 3D models. Collaboration, or screen sharing, between multiple users, remote USB and sound, as well as Windows and Linux are also supported. HP markets RGS for 'Real-Time Collaboration', 'Workstation-Class Mobility' and 'Remote Workers'^[4]

In 2020 HP updated and re-branded RGS as part of the HP ZCentral Solution.^[5] ZCentral Remote Boost was awarded an Engineering Emmy Award in 2020 for enabling TV productions around the world to make it to air despite teams being unable to access their usual studios.^[6]

With HP RGS all the processing, including hardware-accelerated graphics with the latest OpenGL or DirectX rendering is done on the workstation and only compressed bitmap images (the screen) are sent to the client device. HP RGS is distinguished by its proprietary compression algorithms which allows for real-time transmission of complex 3D images and video, which traditional remote desktop protocols struggle with. This opens up the use of remote desktops and thin clients to graphics-intensive industries such as CAD, oil and gas exploration, animation, architecture engineering and construction which previously required local workstations.

Performance improvements in RGS 7.1 opened up even more demanding use cases including remoting 4K displays, delivering 60 frames per second, or remote desktop sessions of 3D CAD applications with peak bandwidth usage under 3 Mbit/s.^[7]^[8]^[9] In 2014 HP released RGS 7.0 which brought remote workstation use cases to tablet devices.^[10] The remote desktop tool has shown resilience against latency and packet loss when compared to Citrix HDX 3D or Teradici's PCoiP.^[11]^[12]

There are two components to the software, the sender (for the workstation or server) and the receiver (for the client device). The software supports OpenGL and Microsoft DirectX. The software is sold stand alone for servers, virtual machines and non HP Workstations. HP started including RGS with all of its desktop Z brand workstations starting with version 5.4.7 in 2011.^[13] RGS can be downloaded from HP and run on HP Z Workstations and ZBook mobile workstations for free. Other hardware requires a license for the HP RGS sender. The receiver is a free download for Windows, Linux and macOS clients.

An early version of the HP RGS video compressioncodec, is derived from a patented system developed by HP Labs and used in the NASAMars Rover program.^[14]

Industry Use Cases[edit]

HP Remote Graphics software is used in many industries including:

Oil and Gas[edit]

HP RGS is used for its performance with high visual fidelity and support for Linux-based applications. The massive amounts of data going into the visualizations make a server/client model ideal.^[15]

Financial Traders[edit]

HP RGS stability and support for multiple high resolution displays and fast update rate have made it ideal for this market since the release of the HP Blade Workstation solution in 2006.^[16]

Animation, TV, Film and Special Effects[edit]

HP RGS support for remote video editing, Linux-based applications, real time collaboration and visual fidelity have made it ideal for TV, film and animation studios.^[17]^[18]

Architecture Engineering and Construction[edit]

HP RGS is used for collaboration to enable subject matter experts to work on various projects around the globe. Centralizing large data sets and remoting the pixels allows users to spend more time working and less time loading the project for the day.^[19]

Product Design[edit]

HP RGS is used to collaborate on design projects and enable remote workers.^[20]

Education[edit]

Engineering and Animation programs get the same benefits as their professional counterparts with the added benefit of allowing students to access the expensive applications from home 24/7.^[21]^[22]

Versions[edit]

The HP RGS release notes are posted at www.hp.com/go/rgs

Date	Version	Major features added
October 2020	Remote Boost 2020.1	Technology preview for enhanced Wacom support on Windows, macOS, RHEL and Ubuntu Receivers connecting to Windows and Linux Senders. hardware acceleration for AVC mode with GeForce (in addition to Quadro) graphics cards). Greater admin control over which users can access Senders.
May 2020	RGS 7.7.1	RHEL 7.8 support. ThinPro 7.x support. HP Velocity now supported on MacOS Receivers. Frame rate improvement to reduce stutter for video playback. Additional properties to set display resolution and layout of sender.
March 2020	Remote Boost 2020.0	New major version with support for new broker, HP ZCentral Connect. New scaling of remote desktop window on receiver side without impacting resolution on sender side. Auto-Launch files supported on Linux and macOS. Borderless mode now supported on macOS. User interface adjusts to high DPI displays. Improvements to WACOM Cintiq and Intuos remoting on Linux to Linux connections.
January 2019	7.6	Decreased idle CPU usage on Linux senders using HP3. Increased performance for AVC on Windows 10 senders with Intel graphics. Added support for RHEL 6.10 and 7.6 and ThinPro 7.0. A new property has been added for resolution matching on Windows Senders with NVIDIA graphics without a physical display.
May 2018	7.5	Performance and bandwidth improvements: Bandwidth required for HP3 on Windows 10 is reduced. HP3 performance increase on Windows and Linux Sender. Experience controls Adaptive Image Quality is more responsive. Experience improvements: As of version 7.5,

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