Video card to three monitors?

[Synomenon]

I have a GTX260-216. Currently connected to it are a Dell 2408WFP (1920x1200) and Dell SP2208WFP (1680x1050).

I'd also like to connect my 720P LCD TV (Sony KDL-26M4000) which can do 1080i via its HDMI port.

Is there an adapter or splitter that I can use on one of my video card's outputs so I can connect the TV as well and have it display at its native resolution when being used as a monitor for the PC?

 

[Billb2]

No. DVI output or HDMI output, pick one.

If you used a "splitter", then the two monitors on the splitter would display the same thing at the same resolution.

To use three monitors you need two video cards.
Even a second, cheap, 4 MB, PCI card will work.
What card to use will depend on what you want to do with the third monitor.

Just be sure that all the video card will work off of the same driver, as you can not install two different video drives at the same time, unless they are for two different types of cards.
ATI + ATI = fail
Nvidia + Nvidia = fail
Nvidia + S3 = works
Nvidia + 3dfx = works

ATI + ??? = ???? (I'm an Nvidia guy..............)

 

[Synomenon]

That sucks. I don't have any open expansion slots. Are there any USB solutions out there?

 

[Synomenon]

I just remembered that EVGA has one called the "UV Plus". Reviews say there's lagging and slowness though when playing 3D things and high quality video in the monitor connected to the UV Plus. My TV is 720P (not sure what the 1080i via HDMI means). I wonder if I'd experience any of this lagging and slowness on my TV.

 

[IlllI]

maybe something like the matrox dualhead2go or triplehead2go would work

 

[CurseTheSky]

My co-worker uses and ATI card + Intel G965-based integrated graphics. It seems to work fine for his three monitors.

 

[firewolfsm]

I would just get a motherboard with good integrated graphics, it works easily.

 

[Synomenon]

Can't use my Asus P5Q-EM's onboard video when using a PCIe video card. I didn't know any motherboard could do that aside from those hybrid ones (AMD or NVIDIA chipset?) that they make.