A method comprising: storing, by a first processor of a host primary computing device, in a system memory of a host device, data associated with a hosted desktop environment; retrieving, by the first processor, from the system memory, the data; determining, by the first processor, that a first portion of the data comprises graphical data; based on determining that the first portion of the data comprises the graphical data, delivering, by the first processor, the graphical data to a graphical processing unit of a hardware component of the host device in communication with the host primary computing device for processing; processing, by the graphical processing unit, the graphical data, resulting in processed graphical data; based on determining, by the first processor, that a second portion of the data comprises non-graphical data, generating, by the first processor, a data stream associated with the hosted desktop environment, wherein the data stream comprises one or more non-graphical data packets and one or more placeholder packets; and without storing the processed graphical data in the system memory: receiving, by a second processor of the hardware component of the host device, the second processor being different from the first processor, the data stream; receiving, by the second processor, from the graphical processing unit, the processed graphical data, based on the processed graphical data, generating, by the second processor, one or more graphical data packets, intercepting, by the second processor, the one or more placeholder packets already present in the data stream, replacing, by the second processor, the one or more placeholder packets with the one or more graphical data packets, and sending, by a network interface of the hardware component of the host device and to the client device, the data stream. storing, by a first processor of a host primary computing device, in a system memory of a host device, data associated with a hosted desktop environment; retrieving, by the first processor, from the system memory, the data; determining, by the first processor, that a first portion of the data comprises graphical data; based on determining that the first portion of the data comprises the graphical data, delivering, by the first processor, the graphical data to a graphical processing unit of a hardware component of the host device in communication with the host primary computing device for processing; processing, by the graphical processing unit, the graphical data, resulting in processed graphical data; based on determining, by the first processor, that a second portion of the data comprises non-graphical data, generating, by the first processor, a data stream associated with the hosted desktop environment, wherein the data stream comprises one or more non-graphical data packets and one or more placeholder packets; and without storing the processed graphical data in the system memory: receiving, by a second processor of the hardware component of the host device, the second processor being different from the first processor, the data stream; receiving, by the second processor, from the graphical processing unit, the processed graphical data, based on the processed graphical data, generating, by the second processor, one or more graphical data packets, intercepting, by the second processor, the one or more placeholder packets already present in the data stream, replacing, by the second processor, the one or more placeholder packets with the one or more graphical data packets, and sending, by a network interface of the hardware component of the host device and to the client device, the data stream. receiving, by a second processor of the hardware component of the host device, the second processor being different from the first processor, the data stream; receiving, by the second processor, from the graphical processing unit, the processed graphical data, based on the processed graphical data, generating, by the second processor, one or more graphical data packets, intercepting, by the second processor, the one or more placeholder packets already present in the data stream, replacing, by the second processor, the one or more placeholder packets with the one or more graphical data packets, and sending, by a network interface of the hardware component of the host device and to the client device, the data stream.