What graphic card to buy for 3 monitors and gaming.

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So bascially i want to use 3 monitors with 1 graphics card as my motherboard does not support SLI and contain an integrated graphics card. My graphic card (geforce GT 430) has a vgi, dvi and hdmi port. However, if i connect 3 monitors with these 3 ports, only 2 seem to work. I did some research and it seems that it can only display on 2 monitors. Now i want to buy a new graphics card that supports 3 monitors, but im not sure how to look for one. I read alot about vram and RAM stuff but i only know a little about these. Of the 3 monitors i only want to game on 1, the other 2 are for spotify and discord. So the other 2 monitors don't need that many VRAM (if i'm correct).

my question is, what graphics card should i buy to for example play Warframe on 1 monitor and run spotify and discord/youtube on the other 2? I'd like for it to be not expensive.

not sure if specifications are necessary but i'll just give them to be sure:

8GB ram.
windows 7 64 bit
monitor 1 is1920 x 1080
monitor 2 is 1280 x 1024 and so is monitor 3
Motherboard: M5A97
Graphic card: Geforce GT 430


just thought about it, but might buying a motherboard with integrated graphics card be a better idea? Not sure if that's cheaper or if other components won't work then.

sorry if i missed some information, im not very smart with computer components, only learned by searching on the web.
 
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Dediated graphics, not integrated.

You can use VGA Displayport adapter, doesn't really matter.

EDIT: Do not buy a card used after mining unless you are willing to have no warranty and accept that the card may have gone through 6 months of hell and give up at any time of you using it.
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You'll want dedicated no doubt. You'll also want to wait, and buy the card used once Ethereum miners sell their hardware, because GPU's have doubled in price recently.

I have a Sapphire Radeon R9 290 OC that works great.
DIsplayport is usually a requirement for 3 monitors, as typically, you can't hook up more than 2 without it regardless of how many other ports you have, unless specified otherwise.

Get 2-4 GB of VRAM on the card, and make sure there is displayport, that should do it.
 
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what do you mean with dedicated? and is it alright to use a DisplayPort to VGA adapter, because my third monitor uses vga
 
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Dediated graphics, not integrated.

You can use VGA Displayport adapter, doesn't really matter.

EDIT: Do not buy a card used after mining unless you are willing to have no warranty and accept that the card may have gone through 6 months of hell and give up at any time of you using it.
 
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