How to do 3 displays with the Dell E6400?

Goal: To use my Dell E6400 with 3 displays (laptop display + 2 external displays)

Up until this week I was doing this with my Dell D620 using the PD01X D/Dock which has a PCI slot for a video card. Well, it's PC refresh time at work and I received a Dell E6400. Turns out the docks for the E6400 and the D-series are different (not compatible) and there is no D/Dock for the E6400, so now I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to do 3 displays with the E6400.

I purchased StarTech's USB2DVIE external USB to DVI video card, but it's only got 16MB of RAM and whenever I scroll or move windows around in the display that is being driven by the USB2DVIE, it's a little choppy, even at 16-bit color. There are other external USB video cards on the market, but this was one of the most expensive, and I can find no indication on any of the other cards of how much RAM they have. I'm thinking I need at least 64MB, which is what the PCI card had that I was using in the D/Dock with the D620.

Questions:

1. I don't suppose I'm able to use the D/Dock w/PCI card with my E6400 in some way so that the card inside it can drive the external displays? Can I connect the D/Dock to the E6400 via USB or something???

2. Is anyone aware of a different external video solution that has more than 16MB of RAM that I could use to drive my external displays?

3. Is there any other solution for doing 3 displays with my E6400?

Thanks in advance.

 

The Dell E-dock has 2 DVI ports. So it should be possible to work with three displays. Doesn't that solve your problem? See here for the E-dock plus

 

I don't think the graphics chipset in the E6400 is capable of driving 3 displays.

 

The same I think, the only way to run 3 Displays (2 external and the Notebookdisplay) is to use something like an USB Graphic Extensor.

- NB Display
- External Display #1 connected to the NB or the Dockingstation
- External Display #2 connected to the USB Extensor

Then you can use 3 Displays

The Testengineer in our company use a configuration like this, if you are interested i can ask him what kind of USB Extensor and waht brand it is.

regards
Christopher