What do you do with your old cards?

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What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.

I know, it sucks.
 
What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.

I know, it sucks.
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I stick them in a old system here, or just add them to the pile of old
hardware here.. I hate throwing them away, and they aren;t worth the time to
even post on ebay..
 
What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.

I know, it sucks.
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Hmm, past cards...
GFMX400- £20, donated to a school comp.
R9600SE- bought for SRP (£99), sold to local used computer store for 70% of
SRP
GF4Ti4600- bought for £50, sold to friend at no loss.
R9700- bought for £70, soon to sell to same friend for minimal loss. Hell,
he has a Duron system, what does he care?
Will soon own GF6800GT, hopefully won't sell for a while.
 
What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.

I know, it sucks.
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Gave my R9800 Pro to my g/f when I got my X800XT - in turn her old comp
(one of my old old ones) with the R8500 went to my parents, my oldest
brother has my old Voodoo3-2000 (he's just changed it for a 9200 though) and
an ancient creaking IBM is running Champ Manager 24/7 for my youngest
brothers via one old nVidia TNT2. I can't even remember what I did with the
2x Voodoo 2 SLI combo or Orchid righteous Voodoo1.. feels like a lifetime
ago..

Still got a 9600 XT 256Mb sitting in the drawer in my desk as spare.
 
Taipan said:
I can't even remember what I did with the
2x Voodoo 2 SLI combo or Orchid righteous Voodoo1.. feels like a lifetime
ago..
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That was the heat at the time. I still remember how great games looked.
 
Gareee© said:
I stick them in a old system here, or just add them to the pile of old
hardware here.. I hate throwing them away, and they aren;t worth the time
to even post on ebay..


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Same here. I eventually get enough parts to build a new system, after maybe
dumping another $50-$100 into it. I built a PC from spare parts to use in as
my MAME machine. It's only a P3-733, 256MB, Viper V550 video, and Win98, but
hey, it was free! I must have at least 6 old hard drives all smaller than
6GB, several video cards including TNT and TNT2, 3DFX Vodoo 5500, 2 Voodoo 2
12MB, and a few old mobo's and misc processors/memory.

I say either try to assemble an old PC and give to a friend or family
member, sell it on eBay for what its worth, or just pitch it. I am doing
just the same as I have some time off this Holiday. I always think I'll use
that old stuff, but hell, when its older than 5 years, forget it.
 
Not just video cards, but old motherboards, hard drives, etc. For parts that
are not worth eBaying, you may be able to donate them to the local Salvation
Army or other charity, and get a tax receipt for more than they are worth on
the market.

Mind you, this is actually a global problem, as PC parts are not
particularly recycleable, and solder is a hazard to the environment.
 
HockeyTownUSA said:
Same here. I eventually get enough parts to build a new system, after
maybe dumping another $50-$100 into it. I built a PC from spare parts to
use in as my MAME machine. It's only a P3-733, 256MB, Viper V550 video,
and Win98, but hey, it was free! I must have at least 6 old hard drives
all smaller than 6GB, several video cards including TNT and TNT2, 3DFX
Vodoo 5500, 2 Voodoo 2 12MB, and a few old mobo's and misc
processors/memory.

I say either try to assemble an old PC and give to a friend or family
member, sell it on eBay for what its worth, or just pitch it. I am doing
just the same as I have some time off this Holiday. I always think I'll
use that old stuff, but hell, when its older than 5 years, forget it.
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I'm starting to accumulate a small hoard of old hardware myself, including
two towers which are not far from being complete systems. I also basically
put any old hardware aside in their original boxes if I still have the
boxes, or just anti-static bags. I currently have no less than five hard
drives no longer in service - 1.6GB, 2.1GB, 20GB, 30GB and 60GB. However, I
figure they will come in handy if I ever decide to resurrect an old tower -
especially if I'm looking for a real DOS box! Otherwise, if I have a
relative who expresses an interest in my old hardware, chances are I'll give
something to them cheap or free. Funny thing about the 60GB drive is that
it was so big when I first bought it that I almost felt guilty about my
purchase!!! Now it sits around unused as an emergency backup. How things
change. :-)
 
What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.
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E-Bay. Radeon 9700Pro fetching around 70% of the price of new Radeon
9800 Pros.
 
NightSky 421 said:
I'm starting to accumulate a small hoard of old hardware myself, including
two towers which are not far from being complete systems. I also
basically put any old hardware aside in their original boxes if I still
have the boxes, or just anti-static bags. I currently have no less than
five hard drives no longer in service - 1.6GB, 2.1GB, 20GB, 30GB and 60GB.
However, I figure they will come in handy if I ever decide to resurrect an
old tower - especially if I'm looking for a real DOS box! Otherwise, if I
have a relative who expresses an interest in my old hardware, chances are
I'll give something to them cheap or free. Funny thing about the 60GB
drive is that it was so big when I first bought it that I almost felt
guilty about my purchase!!! Now it sits around unused as an emergency
backup. How things change. :-)
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60GB is still pretty large if you don't do a lot of gaming. I have a system
that I used a 60GB on for the longest time, and use it mainly for internet,
photos, and MP3's. Then I got a great deal on a 120GB SATA when I upgraded
my mobo. Hell, my other machine is a gaming machine that "only" has the
Raptor 74GB drive. But for gaming these days, I realize that it will quickly
be filled considering most new games take up 2-3 GB on average. I have a
55GB partition on this drive for games, and it is already at 30GB!!! Oh
well, I can always get another Raptor, unless they figure a way to make one
at 120GB or larger. Hopefully soon. Would prefer using one drive to two.
 
What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.

I know, it sucks.
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Most people that build their own boxes have the same plight.
I have old graphics cards all the way back to a Riva TNT2.

Yes it does suck.
I did have enough parts to build a media server for my home network though.
Worked out pretty well..........
 
What do you do with your old cards? Because I know it's damn hard to
sell them unless you cut the price to almost free.
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I collect old hardware. It turned out that suddenly a family member or
a friend appeared with a PC hardware problem and suddenly some of the
old parts became most useful. Of course, this is a PC generation
problem: At present, it's the ATX/SDRAM/PCI/AGP and P-ATA generation...

Roy
 
HockeyTownUSA said:
60GB is still pretty large if you don't do a lot of gaming.
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Quite true. I'd even say 30GB is serviceable, as long as you're diligent
about burning any and all downloads you make to CD or DVD on a regular
basis.

I have a system that I used a 60GB on for the longest time, and use it
mainly for internet, photos, and MP3's. Then I got a great deal on a 120GB
SATA when I upgraded my mobo. Hell, my other machine is a gaming machine
that "only" has the Raptor 74GB drive. But for gaming these days, I
realize that it will quickly be filled considering most new games take up
2-3 GB on average. I have a 55GB partition on this drive for games, and it
is already at 30GB!!! Oh well, I can always get another Raptor, unless
they figure a way to make one at 120GB or larger. Hopefully soon. Would
prefer using one drive to two.
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The games are getting pretty big now. It's at the point now where I fully
expect a game to eat 2GB to 3GB (as you mention) of hard drive after
installation. I guess the trick is to try to limit the number of games you
have installed at any given time and try not to purchase a game until you've
completed one of the games you already own. Unfortunately, it's a hard
thing to practice!
 
Roy Coorne said:
I collect old hardware. It turned out that suddenly a family member or
a friend appeared with a PC hardware problem and suddenly some of the
old parts became most useful. Of course, this is a PC generation
problem: At present, it's the ATX/SDRAM/PCI/AGP and P-ATA generation...

Roy
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Yep, do the same thing here. When sis or mom have a problem with their
systems, I throw one of my "old" components in for 'em.

Ron
 
Once you've got enough, and if you wont give them, pile them and with
the hand do the stab on. Then search for the gold within. Afterwards
don't put them in old computer.




Le 22 Dec 2004 15:41:16 -0800, (e-mail address removed) a écrit :
 
I also save my old stuff. You can build a great little linux server for a
home network on very old hardware. My runs a PII 500 and works fine as a
samba server for me. Also use it as a great firewall, squid cache etc.
Great exercise in learning new things.
 
I put them into older systems for kids and for grannies to check email and
do eBay with. You don't need a screamin' machine to do most of what average
non-gaming folks do on computers.
 
I want my stuff back.... :)

I have to walk around my "pile" to get to my shirts in my closet.

Funny thing, I use to install every new piece of hardware with kid gloves
and treat it like God. Now, I just pull the "whatever" out, and toss it
like a frisbee onto the pile. They always seem to work still, figure that?
 
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