I have repeatedly made bad decisions about my choice of computer. I bought a desktop, read the side of the box and it looked pretty good. Did not check the type of motherboard. It's a Camphor motherboard, which means its got integrated graphics. And only a half pci slot, basically a laptops motherboard in a desktop (its not a compact case either). I have to replace the motherboard or buy a special graphics card that costs more than the computer to upgrade it.
I have two VGA monitors, it supports 1 and has a DVI-D port and supposedly can run both at the same time. Now I bought a passive converter for 3 bucks, it did not work and I found out I need an active converter. I found a few of those for pretty cheap, but every person on the internet says they are supposed to be rare and expensive....
So my question is will this active converter cable work? Or is this a ripoff? If it helps the answer, the 2 monitors are of a different size, ones 1600x900 and the other is 1200x800 I think. How can I tell the difference between an active and passive convert and please don't waste time telling me all about the difference between dvi-d, div-a, and dvi-i. I get the difference.