shellbelldl
September 20th, 2004, 11:25 AM
If anyone can tell me how to stop being a moron, I would really appreciate it. Here is what happened:
I bought the Sims 2. All I want to do is play it. But when I try to, it is all grainy & weird. Come to find out my graphics card is from 1998 and only has 8mb capacity. So I need a new card. Okay, I know there are AGP cards and PCI cards. So, I open my tower and look at the old card. It says it is AGP card on it, but it is not in that wierd brown slot, where I though AGP cards go, but in a white slot. (????) But it clearly says AGP on it, so I go out and buy a 64mb AGP card. I take old card out of white slot, put new card in brown slot & secure. Ok. I go to plug in my monitor (I have a Viewsonic VPD150) but the monitor plug won't plug into video card! Monitor plug is what I guess is called a MDR 20, but I need it to plug into the VGA 15 pin thingy. What the heck have I done? Can I buy an adapter? My old card had 2 plugs on the back of it, one 15 pin (normal) and one that fit my monitor plug. Is anyone out there who knows the answers? Please help.
I bought the Sims 2. All I want to do is play it. But when I try to, it is all grainy & weird. Come to find out my graphics card is from 1998 and only has 8mb capacity. So I need a new card. Okay, I know there are AGP cards and PCI cards. So, I open my tower and look at the old card. It says it is AGP card on it, but it is not in that wierd brown slot, where I though AGP cards go, but in a white slot. (????) But it clearly says AGP on it, so I go out and buy a 64mb AGP card. I take old card out of white slot, put new card in brown slot & secure. Ok. I go to plug in my monitor (I have a Viewsonic VPD150) but the monitor plug won't plug into video card! Monitor plug is what I guess is called a MDR 20, but I need it to plug into the VGA 15 pin thingy. What the heck have I done? Can I buy an adapter? My old card had 2 plugs on the back of it, one 15 pin (normal) and one that fit my monitor plug. Is anyone out there who knows the answers? Please help.