Q: “I’m experimenting because my monitor doesn’t have the best graphics. I have a DVI to HDMI cable and my monitor only supports VGA. will this work? HDMI to DVI male to DVI female to VGA male?”

A: No, that will definitely not work. HDMI is digital. The DVI on the other end of your HDMI to DVI cable is DVI-D which is also digital. The DVI on your DVI to VGA adapter is DVI-A which would also work on DVI-I ports, but not DVI-D. That adapter is analog. If you connected those together, you would get no signal at all. Unfortunately cables will not help in this situation.