Help! Projector Central said I have to have an $8,000 projector!

[MattyBob]

Specs will be 8 1/2 feet x 15 feet screen (16:9) and projector will be about 14 feet from screen. Can anybody help me figure out my projector options?

[BGCurtis2nd]

Here is a site to check out which projector does what.

https://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm

[aja]

I ain't sendin' you no money!

[Will]

Projector Lumens = (Foot Lamberts) x (Width x Height of Screen)

Projector Lumens is a relative scale describing brightness of projectors. Take 20% or more off the projectors rating if you use normal vs high output modes. Fan noise is usually loud in high output modes.

Foot Lamberts is the resulting brightness on the screen.

Width x Height is the square footage of the screen in feet. You said 8.5' x 15', about 127 sq ft.

Throw Ratio tells you how far the projector lens can be from the screen. Multiply it by your screen width. 14' away from a 15' wide screen = 14/15 = .93 Throw Ratio. This "can" make your projector choice very expensive. Move your projector farther away and less expensive projectors with larger throw ratios will appear on your filtered list within projectorcentral. Large venue projectors often have optional lenses that alone can be above $2000, but you will be able to place your projector in a position without it shining directly on your face and casting a shadow on the screen.

So, if you have some ambient light in the room, you would normally target around 50 Foot Lamberts. A light controlled theater would target 16. Target at least 50 for this exercise. I doubt golf impact screens are as reflective as normal projector screens.

Lumens = 50 x (8.5' x 15')
Lumens = 50 x 127

Lumens = 6350
Throw Ratio = .93

I called a company, rhymes with aye gee eye, that advertises on the projector central site and the guy was professional, extremely thorough, and gave me serious alteratives. Call the pros that sell them to golfers.

I am waiting on Par2Pro to deliver my stealth screens. See my signature. This all should work out, as the image is very bright on my garage drywall.

[Solstice72]

Interesting. Each course does perform differently, Tarwa is long passe at this point but I'm game to benchmark it. Why vsync off? Can you try Render 200% and fog quality 50-55% and let me know what fps you get. Those two variables are the prime hogs, and the ones I toggle.

[Will]

All other graphics settings are max as stated before.

i assume render at 200% is a 4320p resolution displayed on 2160P?

@2160P
Render Scale = 200% , Fog Quality = 100% , FPS=16
Render Scale = 200% , Fog Quality = 50% , FPS=23
Render Scale = 100% , Fog Quality = 100% , FPS=48
Render Scale = 100% , Fog Quality = 50% , FPS=57
Render Scale = 50% , Fog Quality = 100% , FPS=97

@1080P
Render Scale = 200% , Fog Quality = 100% , FPS= 47

Render scale seems to be very clear on its impact.
The FPS numbers go up and down a bit.
I show server.exe using and QED IGNITE using about 5% of the total GPU.

[Solstice72]

Thanks for those numbers, I'm going to check some things out