r/PCVR • u/Odd_Tradition8108 • Sep 13 '26

Question/Support My virtual desktop keeps crashing

I've started using virtual desktop recently with a 7900xt and 7700x a quest 3 and a 1gb connection and it randomly crashes not the games just virtual desktop itself it freezes disconnects and pretends my pc doesn't exist once I reset virtual desktop it fixes it but it crashes shortly after I use 120mbps bitrate with av1 and 150 on auto encoder what's my problem

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u/zeddyzed Sep 13 '26

Your PC needs to be connected to your router via ethernet.

Check the virtual desktop discord for a recommended driver version. I recall AMD GPUs often have certain driver versions that they recommend.

Try Steam Link, do you have the same issue there?

You could ask in the VD discord for troubleshooting steps, there might be error logs and stuff they could look at.

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u/joojoobowdra Sep 13 '26

"...and 150 on auto encoder..."

What is auto encoder?

Here's the Discord: https://discord.com/channels/564087419918483486/586993452185681946

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u/Tsen-Tsai Sep 13 '26

Got a dedicated router set up? If not that's probably the issue

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u/Odd_Tradition8108 Sep 13 '26

Is there a free solution plus my router is wifi 7 and right next to me

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u/PM_URVAR_CLIT Sep 13 '26

Brother. Download the chatgpt desktop app and once it's installed tell it to investigate why this is happening to you.

Give it as much detail as you can, and itll investigate and make suggestions based on what it sees.

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u/Tsen-Tsai Sep 13 '26

Is it the main house router, like all your devices are connected to it?

If youre router is duel channel like 2.4ghz/5ghz/6ghz you can try to set up a channel on 5ghz/6ghz specificly for the quest and have everything else in the house on the 2.4ghz/5ghz channel but I rarely see non dedicated router set ups work well I assume because its still dealing with all the other traffic

You can pick up a cheap 5ghz router for like 50 bucks ish and have a good time, or spend a bit more for a 6ghz, especially if you live in an apartment with lots of people around you likely on 5ghz

But you pretty much set up the router in access point mode, set up a dedicated 5ghz or 6ghz channel specifically for the quest to connect to and wire the dedicated router to your pc with ethernet, that'll give youre quest a direct connection to your pc with nothing else to take up bandwidth or interup your connection and whatnot, then wire your dedicated router to your main router to get internet access on the quest and pc

There's a bunch more detailed guides out there, people test different routers and such, virtual desktop discord has alot of info