3 Monitors

[EzRiIgK]

I have 3 24" monitors, currently only 2 are hooked up, I have an older XFX Radeon HD 4890 (which I love and have NEVER had anything not work with it). Don't really have the cash for a new $300+ graphics card with eyefinity, right now. Was wondering if someone could tell me a cheap way to use the third monitor, to watch video on. I use the others for spreadsheets and ebay mostly, so don't need super high graphics. Had a friend suggest using a USB to VGA Video Adapter, however could not find anywhere where it could be used to hook up a third monitor. I have a decent computer otherwise:
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 motherboard
AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor, 3200 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
16 GB of Memory
Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
Erik

 

[jsrudd]

If you have a second PCI-e slot then just buy another cheap graphics card such as this one. Just put it in the second slot and plug the monitor into it.

 

[EzRiIgK]

Thanks jsrudd,
my motherboard has:

Expansion Slot(s)
2.0 x CPU ( 1.5 V ),
2.0 x PCI,
1.0 x PCIe 2.0 x16,
1.0 x DIMM 240-pin,
1.0 x PCIe 2.0 x16,
4.0 x PCIe 2.0 x1,
1.0 x PCIe 2.0 x16

wasn't sure if i could just add a cheap card without having to do anything else.

 

[EzRiIgK]

Hey all,

I know that jsrudd, gave a valid answer, but was wondering if there were any other suggestions out there???

 

[EzRiIgK]

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