I currently run two monitors off of the on-board graphics of my motherboard.
1 is 32" and the other is 46" both are HDTV. 1 uses VGA and the other HDMI, and I have no performance bottlenecks or any issues whatsoever.
I keep Track View, with Inspector Pane and Browser on 1, and Console View and I just drag any plugin UI's around as needed.
The above works GREAT.
Cookie, you can run VGA and either DVI or HDMI from the same graphics card or from the on-board, with no trouble, giving you 2 displays from the same video card. You could then have your 3rd display hooked up on your DVI from your other current card. Give it a shot - it works, and even a plain VGA display is still fine for Sonar.
Bob Bone