Display Computer Graphics Card

[BadWolf-]

I'm helping with a renovation of A church in my home town, when we do this we'll be installing a new digital sound and lighting rig as well as projectors for displays for the congregation. What we need to be able to do is have a computer that will be able to run two  projectors, plus two monitors and finally a larger tv/monitor that will be for anyone on stage.Each of these displays will have to run as a separate screen running at 1080p. What I'm asking is what Graphics card(s) would you suggest for this setup as I'm unsure how much power we'll need as it'll not be for gaming but it needs to be able to run well without stuttering and freezing.

 

The GPU I was think of was a GTX 970/980 But is this going to be enough or is it over kill? Furthermore the computer must have a long life span as we will not have the money to be  replacing the computer every 3-5(-7 if we're really unlucky) years.

 

In addition do you know of any good software that'll let us present to 3 separate screens (the projectors and the stage monitor) and the presentation would need to have the capability of displaying different things to each screen or all the same.

 

Thanks to you all in advanced any help would be much appreciated

BadWolf

[Aytex]

a 960 or a 280x

 

windforce GPU's tend to ahve alot of options for display so migh want to go for a gigabyte card

[Pooherino ツ]

I'm helping with a renovation of A church in my home town, when we do this we'll be installing a new digital sound and lighting rig as well as projectors for displays for the congregation. What we need to be able to do is have a computer that will be able to run two  projectors, plus two monitors and finally a larger tv/monitor that will be for anyone on stage.Each of these displays will have to run as a separate screen running at 1080p. What I'm asking is what Graphics card(s) would you suggest for this setup as I'm unsure how much power we'll need as it'll not be for gaming but it needs to be able to run well without stuttering and freezing.

 

The GPU I was think of was a GTX 970/980 But is this going to be enough or is it over kill? Furthermore the computer must have a long life span as we will not have the money to be  replacing the computer every 3-5(-7 if we're really unlucky) years.

 

In addition do you know of any good software that'll let us present to 3 separate screens (the projectors and the stage monitor) and the presentation would need to have the capability of displaying different things to each screen or all the same.

 

Thanks to you all in advanced any help would be much appreciated

BadWolf

you dont need 970 or 980 for projectors, you can just use integrated graphics on the cpu. just get a mobo with lots of hdmi or dp. And just dont hit ur pc with a baseball bat, you'll be fine for 5-10 years. and you dont need a software to run separate monitors just configurate it in "display setting"

[RollinLower]

since all you will be doing is video playback or stationary images (right?) you really won't need that powerfull of a card. tough since you want it to last pretty long, i suggest getting maybe a 380. it's a pretty cheap card, and should definitely be powerfull enough!

[Bittenfleax]

@BadWolf- You would not need anything powerful for desktop. Probably 270/280/280x or a 750ti (but not much options for out put so you would need splitters etc.)

 

EDIT:

Forgot about the 300 series and what @RollinLower said. A 380 would be good and would last long.

 

 

you dont need 970 or 980 for projectors, you can just use integrated graphics on the cpu. just get a mobo with lots of hdmi or dp. 

For 5 monitors?!

[Ciccioo]

if the preist wants to show some live GTA V ultra settings gameplay then get the 970

 

otherwise, integrated graphics are completely fine

[Pooherino ツ]

@BadWolf- You would not need anything powerful for desktop. Probably 270/280/280x or a 750ti (but not much options for out put so you would need splitters etc.)

 

EDIT:

Forgot about the 300 series and what @RollinLower said. A 380 would be good and would last long.

 

 

For 5 monitors?!

Yeah why not. Why spend money where you dont need to

[Bittenfleax]

Yeah why not. Why spend money where you dont need to

Hmm true. I don't think that an iGPU would hold up 5 1080p screens? Unless it was an AMD-A10 maybe?! Or had a fairly decent dedicated one on the mother board.

[BadWolf-]

OK Thanks guys I was think that The 900 series would be a tad over kill! Oh and the software we wanted just because the problem with just setting them up as different displays means that you have to drag windows on to each screen which looks very unprofessional when its being done mid service. So what we wanted was something so that we could display videos or power points or whatever else that want (believe me that ask odd things sometimes), without having sloppy transitions plus we'd need the ability to display each screen as one output or 2 separate or even 3 different things dependent on the situation. 

 

Anyway Thanks for all your help so far guys!

 

EDIT:

The 5 screens are for: 2 projectors which will be positioned at the sides of the church and one stage monitor, the last two will be left for the tech team as we also have digital sound and light planed (although this may be done form a separate computer as plans are not final yet)