[SOLVED] Second Graphic Card - Dell Studio XPS 8100?

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Which low budget, basic, single display port, second graphic card to add to my Dell Studio XPS 8100. I am concerned that the BIOS maybe locked by Dell and the power for the second graphic card may not be sufficient. I need to install a third monitor and I use my desktop only for microsoft office and not for gaming. Below are the specs of my desktop.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gM6f3LFbZQHlZm1U8F9e19aHo5vXOocE/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNcTFeKc8AuitGyoVXjQwsxknmkZZqCQ/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZUy0jZ095jARId9aKiug3ai5alXe9lhf/view?usp=sharing
 
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No need to apologies! It just helps us help you better when we know everything about what we're dealing with.

Could I also get a picture of your board? I'm not asking this to be rude or anything, but sometimes, people are incorrect about their motherboard features, either assuming they have a second PCIEx16 slot and sometimes, confusing something else (like a white PCI slot) for a PCIEx16 slot.

I've even had this happen with someone with an old Dell Studio (but a slightly newer Sandy Bridge), recommended a GPU that would give them a lot of screens and then it turned out that what they thought was a PCIEx16 slot was a PCI slot.

And what worries me is that the Dell Studio XPS 8100 motherboards I'm finding used, none of them have a...