You can manually configure the following settings for reducing visual effects in order to conserve resources:
Disable Wallpaper
Don't show content of window while dragging
Disable Menu and Window animation
Disable Themes
Disable Cursor Settings
Disable Font smoothing
Disable Desktop composition
Video Redirection
Videos will be played back locally. (default)
Videos will be played back on the server.
Redirect DirectX commands:
Graphics functions will be executed locally. (default)
Graphics functions will be executed on the server.
Disable Bitmap cache:
Images will not be cached locally. (default)
Images will be cached locally.
Compression:
Compression is enabled. (default)
Compression is disabled.
In low-bandwidth environments, you should use Compression in order to reduce network traffic. Please note that the use of compression reduces the burden on the network but does consume CPU power.