Old veteran requesting assistance

[zmaster]

hi guys,
i am finally building a new pc after nearly a decade of using the old and tested
while i am up to date with cpu/mobo/ram, VGA is baffling me.

what i want to do is have 3 screens
2 27" LED monitors
1 projector

what i want is the following
1 27" to run dota 2
1 27" to listen to radio (facebook etc)
{these two to run at the same time on the same desk}
projector to switch on when i ignore the others and go to the bedroom to watch a movie
so think extend for 2 and split for the third one

my gpu of choice is GTX960
however i am confused with 2 things

1.DP
this new display port system is bugging the hell out of me. i come from an age of DVI, VGA and an occasional HDMI. do i buy the asus with 3DP and 1 hdmi or the one with only 2 dp and 2DVI
2. brand
back in the day XFX was the brand of choice. im sure things have changed by now. i dont care about oc and all that jazz, i just want a reliable gpu that will last me the next 5 years for those requirements

please assist this granpa

 

[eton975]

Just a heads up - XFX no longer produces NVidia-based cards - they now only produce AMD-based cards.

If it is just a 1920x1080 monitor, it probably doesn't really matter which connector it has, as long as it has at least one of each.

Reliability of a particular brand? I dunno. The best you can do is look for recurring patterns in product reviews (e.g. 100 or so people said the card has one particular problem) or wait for Hardware.fr's next return rate comparison.

 

[Stuka87]

How far away is the projector from the PC? Cable distance could come into play.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

How far away is the projector from the PC? Cable distance could come into play.

At 1920x1080 and 60 Hz, I don't have any problem with DVI-to-HDMI cable or HDMI-HDMI cable. IN addition to Media Center, I've tried gaming on the HDTV. I didn't notice anything amiss, and I'm using 25' high-quality cables. Thick as sausages -- at that . . .

The OP's configuration plan is similar to my own usage departing from the gamer's 3-panel dream machine.

Is display-port HDCP compliant? I'd heard conflicting opinions. What he wants to do doesn't fit with daisy-chaining display-port monitors.

I think you can run three displays from a single Maxwell, but someone can confirm or deny. The use of the ports on the graphics cards will determine the limits of refresh rate. The OP needs HDCP compliance at least for the projector.

I'll be interested in what anyone else has to say about this. I don't fret whether I use DVI or HDMI, and I'm using both off the same card. It just adds complexity to your cable choices and purchases.

Current HDMI is limited to 60 Hz refresh rate. HDMI and DVI are HDCP compliant. I'm not clear about DisplayPort.

 

[zmaster]

distance probably wont exceed 10m