What's my best option? (Multi-monitor support)

[Zebu Fellenz]

Hi Everyone,

I'm running a PC that does dual duty as my personal/work computer and as a HTPC, motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H, currently I'm running two monitors (Dell 3007 "2560x1600" & Dell 2007 "1600x1200") with the IGP.

I want to connect a second 1600x1200 LCD and also reconnect a HD display that runs at 1920x800p.

What will be the best, cost effective way to make this happen. I understand that this Motherboard supports Crossfire-X with the IGP, is this something worthwhile to look into? I'm primarily concerned with reliability & simplicity, I don't need the latest & greatest as I don't game at all.

Can I accomplish what I need to for under $100, will I see any real improvement if I open up my budget to say ~$200?

I'm kind of flying blind here and would appreciate specific recommendations, the last video card I bought was a Geforce 7950GT and that was back when it was near top of the heap...

Thanks for any & all advice, I'm pretty out of touch and really have no clue what I'm looking at/for.

Thanks,

Erik

 

[ther00kie16]

Buy any cheap card and you'll have 2 more video outputs.
$20 after rebate is cheapest at the moment:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102882

Anything more and you are paying for performance which you don't seem to need.
CrossfireX won't help as that's 2 dedicated GPUS.
Hybrid CrossfireX is between the igp and a dedicated card. It's buggy, gives minimal performance increase and would limit you to 2 outputs.