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Need advice on running 3 monitors

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kholmes164

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Hey all, hoping someone can help me figure this out. My wife just bought me 3 new monitors for Xmas and my pc only had a video card with 2 dvi ports. There is no on board video port. Do I need to buy a graphics card that supports 3 monitors or is there a way to add another graphics card to my motherboard. My current graphics card is an ATI Radeon 3800. I have added a picture of the motherboard if that helps answer my question. Thanks 🙂

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you will need a seperate video card like the R&-260x. There maybe some cheaper options that support three monitors. You will also need a to have a PCIE power connector available, also what kind of inputs are supported by your monitor.
 
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what are you trying to do with the 3 monitors?

If you simply want it for 2d applications you can buy an extra video card as Adul suggested. If you want to run 3d applications across all 3 monitors you will need a single high end video card or two highend videocards crossfired/ SLI'd
 
OP, just buy a mid-range Radeon (eg. 7770) and an active mini-Displayport -> DVI/HDMI adapter and you're golden.

You'd be using something like 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1x mini-Displayport/DP -> DVI/HDMI.
 
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