# IT guys... do you know where to get one of these? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 29, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125 "2009-01-29T09:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/1 "2009-01-29T09:43:03Z")
at a decent price? > **[Amazon.com: StarTech.com USB DVI External Dual or Multi Monitor Video Adapter USB2DVI: Electronics](https://www.amazon.com/USB-To-Dvi-Graphics-Adapter/dp/B0011VJRLU)** > > The USB2DVI USB DVI Multi Monitor External Video Adapter turns an available USB 2.0 port into an external video card DVI port - providing high quality dual-display or multi-monitor capability that can ... I’m sure someone here has to have some experience with them. I could use one, but don’t want to spend 100 bucks on it :meh: ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/2 "2009-01-29T09:50:15Z")
What purpose does it serve in your case? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a DVI to USB. …:::EDIT:::… Here is a slightly lower priced one with free shipping. > **[TRITTON SEE2 Xtreme USB to DVI External Video Card Adapter TRI-UV200 -...](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815275002)** > > Buy TRITTON SEE2 Xtreme USB to DVI External Video Card Adapter TRI-UV200 with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Newegg shopping upgraded ™ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/3 "2009-01-29T09:52:47Z")
I have 3 monitors, but only one GPU (non-quadro) ☹ I’d like to have the 3rd for some extra screen realestate and figured something like this would be the easiest/cheapest way to go. I’m deff. open to alternatives though if you can suggest something ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/4 "2009-01-29T09:56:23Z")
all 3 displaying something different correct? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/5 "2009-01-29T09:59:47Z")
yeah (no mirror/ghost of another display if that’s what ya mean) ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/6 "2009-01-29T10:04:12Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > yeah (no mirror/ghost of another display if that’s what ya mean) Yeah I would have suggested a DVD splitter if that was the case, but I’m sure you could have figured that out. Would adding another GPU be able to do this? Nothing high end maybe an 8800 or something? I’ll continue browsing around see if I can find a viable solution to triple displays. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/7 "2009-01-29T10:13:13Z")
unfortunitly I only have 1 pci-e slot :tdown: actually… I think I have an old PCI S3 64mb card laying around. That should work, no? ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/8 "2009-01-29T10:14:54Z")
Should…I’m watching a youtube video now of someone with 3 monitors one had the desktop one had Word and one had dreamweaver i think. He had 3 cards though :(. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/9 "2009-01-29T10:16:14Z")
damn… deff out of my budget lol ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/10 "2009-01-29T10:18:20Z")
You can try the USB to DVI thing but 69.99 was the cheapest I could find. I might try a dual monitor setup later. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/11 "2009-01-29T10:25:30Z")
thanks for the heads up. I might try using the PCI card first… it’s worth a shot I guess. If it doesn’t work, where did you find one for 70? thanks man ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/12 "2009-01-29T10:30:31Z")
Do you have an on board? How many PCI slots do you have? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/13 "2009-01-29T10:39:59Z")
nah, no onboard. Not 100% sure off hand, put I “think” I have 2 regular PCI slots open, and one PCI-e x1, but that’s blocked by my video card :\ ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/14 "2009-01-29T10:41:47Z")
YOU HAVE TO USE A VIDEO CARD THAT SHARES THE SAME DRIVER AND YOU CAN PUT 40 cards in if you can fit it. basically all of nvidia use the same video driver. So if you have Nvidia 6600SuperBalls in the PCIe and Nvidia 9800dickLicker in the pci slot, and they share the same driver… it will work [http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp\_181.22\_whql.html](http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_181.22_whql.html) click products supported ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/15 "2009-01-29T10:43:45Z")
shit… figured someone would say that. thanks for the heads up ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/16 "2009-01-29T11:14:03Z")
Give the PCI card a shot. I had this running at my old job with 2 video cards and two monitors for about 3 years. One was a shitty old nvidia card I brought in from home and the onboard was ATI. Once Windows sees the card you should just be able to enable it in the display properties and extend your desktop to it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/17 "2009-01-29T11:16:51Z")
cool, thanks jay… I’ll try it out ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/18 "2009-01-29T13:42:14Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > YOU HAVE TO USE A VIDEO CARD THAT SHARES THE SAME DRIVER AND YOU CAN PUT 40 cards in if you can fit it. > > basically all of nvidia use the same video driver. So if you have Nvidia 6600SuperBalls in the PCIe and Nvidia 9800dickLicker in the pci slot, and they share the same driver… it will work > > [GeForce Release 181 181.22](http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_181.22_whql.html) > > click products supported no you can run multiple drivers but you may or may not get conflicts… i was running 3 monitors on a PCI nvidia card and an intel onboard video card. didn’t try with pci and a pci-e card though, don’t see why it would be any different though. edit: also depending on what windows picks up as the primary you’ll need to have monitors hooked up to both cards to do the initial setup but once you get it set it should stay after reboot. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-do-you-know-where-to-get-one-of-these/62125/19 "2009-01-29T13:43:00Z")
:tup: thanks chino