Connecting 2 dell monitors via DVI to MBP.

Hi folks.
I want to have 3 screens in total.
1 built in MBP dispaly + 2 other dell displays.
Obviously there is just one display porton my mac, how i connect the other two dell dispalys to my Mac.
The Dell's have display port, vga and DVI ports on them.
Do i need to purchased a cable or adapter to achieve my desired configuration.?
Thanks in advance for any help.

You didn't specify the sizes of those monitors. But assuming the resolutions fit within the limitiations of these adapters you could use something like the following for one of the displays:
Newer Technology USB to DVI / HDMI / VGA HD Video Display Adapter
Or just search for USB to video converters.
For the other you could use a DVI adapter directly into the video port.
The reason the monitor sizes is important is because for resolutions above 1920 x 1200 you need a dual link dvi adapter for dvi connection. So assuming you have a mini-displayport (or thunderbolt) video port (you didn't specify your model of computer either) then you could use,
For single link DVI:
Mini DisplayPort | Thunderbolt to DVI Adapter
For dual link DVI:
Mini DisplayPort | Thunderbolt + USB to Dual-Link DVI Adapter

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