Screen Sharing Locally Between Mac OS and Windows 7

Apologies in advance if this is a really, really dumb question. However all the answers online center around an internet based VNC when I need something more local.
I have a MacPro on one desk and a gaming rig on another running Win7 64 on another. They are directly connected via Ethernet for file sharing, but I am wondering how to make it so I can control the Windows 7 rig from the Mac Pro.
Thanks much in advance!

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Mac OS X Client (free)
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx>
CoRD (Microsoft RDC Screen Sharing)
<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22770/cord>
This assumes you can enable RDC on your Windows system.
After that, a VNC server, but that will not export sound.
And this really only works if you are using keyboard and mouse. I do not think you can use a game controller unless that basically looks like a keyboard or mouse.
Than again, maybe you are asking if it is possible to export your keyboard and mouse, but use the Windows system and its monitor. That is to say share you keyboard and mouse between the 2 systems. Then you should look at SynergyKM
<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22270/synergykm>

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