What do you do with your old cards?

Blinkme323 · Feb 23, 2005, 08:59 PM

What do you do with your old video cards once you upgrade? Do you have any just lying around collecting dust or in a spare pc that is not used for gaming?

**MIG-31** · Feb 23, 2005, 09:03 PM

mine go onto ebay......don't leave them lying round when cash is to be gained..

Judas · Feb 23, 2005, 09:04 PM

Moved to a more suiteable place.... i'm sure people with other brands of cards do things with thier old cards as well

If i cannot sell them, i keep them in an antistatic bag.... just in case someone does get interested..

HOWEVER, i also make sure i have ONE working PCI vga card.. and ONE AGP working card.... for diagnostic testing and whatnot.... These cards are for example a Nvidia TNT2 AGP and a PCI ATI 7000

Tipstaff · Feb 23, 2005, 09:23 PM

I pawn.. um, err, hehe.... I, uhhh, I sell them off to my customers. Yeah, that's what I do...

You didn't read that..

fOOkHA · Feb 23, 2005, 09:36 PM

i usually sell mine off on ebay as well .. you can usually find a buyer on ebay

Sandok · Feb 23, 2005, 09:38 PM

I don't have any spare but I'd keep em... Gonna get the next FUDOS if it comes in AGP so will have a 9600XT or a Voodoo3 lying around

jasonbourne · Feb 23, 2005, 09:42 PM

i always sell mine on ebay .it's easier than u think

kelticknight · Feb 23, 2005, 09:45 PM

usaually sell it on e-bay or local buyandsell

CDsDontBurn · Feb 23, 2005, 09:47 PM

w/the exception of my 9700pro (cuz it broke), all my cards have been hand me downs to my two little sisters (14, and 6). The older one has my old radeon 8500 (non LE) and the younger one has an old GF2 mx440. After that, i don't really know what to do w/them as the hand me downs start to become extras.

itchy5 · Feb 23, 2005, 10:48 PM

put it in my sisters computer or sell it

Dark Lord · Feb 23, 2005, 11:02 PM

my stuff just collects dust. its so old and has so many hours on it, its couldnt even sell it on ebay.

Sargentwhitey · Feb 24, 2005, 12:28 AM

I really haven't had the chance to have a left over card. My GF4 MX440 PCI's bracket broke so that wasn't able to be used much anymore... my 9700Pro died.. the only thing I have that is one of my old ones is a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 PCI.. which I'm actually using right now to drive my second monitor

I don't think it will ever die.

BattleAxe · Feb 24, 2005, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sargentwhitey

the only thing I have that is one of my old ones is a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 PCI.. which I'm actually using right now to drive my second monitor

I don't think it will ever die.

Ohh, good old memories, i have a voodoo 3dfx card also. I remember it as the first 3dfx card that would do both 3D and 2D so we didn't need 2 pci cards plugged in and connected like the voodoo 2 . Damn...incoming (a game) looked like a dream when i first saw it on my voodod 3. I kept it, even though i went through like 5 video cards and 3 mb/cpu combos since.
the voodoo 3 was a special for me.

CDsDontBurn · Feb 24, 2005, 07:27 AM

i was looking through my stuff today, and i found an old VooDoo 3000 and also a 32Mb radeon 7000 (i think thats what it is cuz there's not lable of any kind on the card other than serial numbers) a friend of mine gave me a while back that i never used

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pr0digal jenius · Feb 24, 2005, 07:48 AM

I give them to those around me with less fortunate video cards......

...it's like charity....with a core clock

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 24, 2005, 08:28 AM

Sell them on ebay! asumeing thier good cards! or try the buy sell forum here at DH after you get some posts in becouse there is a min post requirement for that forum

none kock old Cards! They still rock the old radeon 64mb vivo can still push ut2004!
hl2! stuff like that...Heck was on a budget buidling this machine, all i'm useing now is only a 9100 64 w/TV out! it's temporary but eats everyhing I thow at it....

belive me it may suck but it will be a big upgrade for somebody!

Feb 23, 2005, 08:59 PM	#1
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Feb 23, 2005, 09:03 PM	#2
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CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	w/the exception of my 9700pro (cuz it broke), all my cards have been hand me downs to my two little sisters (14, and 6). The older one has my old radeon 8500 (non LE) and the younger one has an old GF2 mx440. After that, i don't really know what to do w/them as the hand me downs start to become extras. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Feb 23, 2005, 09:36 PM	#5
fOOkHA DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 58 Rep Power: 0	i usually sell mine off on ebay as well .. you can usually find a buyer on ebay

Feb 23, 2005, 09:38 PM	#6
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	I don't have any spare but I'd keep em... Gonna get the next FUDOS if it comes in AGP so will have a 9600XT or a Voodoo3 lying around

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kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	usaually sell it on e-bay or local buyandsell

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Feb 23, 2005, 11:02 PM	#11
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	my stuff just collects dust. its so old and has so many hours on it, its couldnt even sell it on ebay.

Feb 24, 2005, 12:28 AM	#12
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	I really haven't had the chance to have a left over card. My GF4 MX440 PCI's bracket broke so that wasn't able to be used much anymore... my 9700Pro died.. the only thing I have that is one of my old ones is a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 PCI.. which I'm actually using right now to drive my second monitor I don't think it will ever die. __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Feb 24, 2005, 07:27 AM	#14
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	i was looking through my stuff today, and i found an old VooDoo 3000 and also a 32Mb radeon 7000 (i think thats what it is cuz there's not lable of any kind on the card other than serial numbers) a friend of mine gave me a while back that i never used . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Feb 24, 2005, 07:48 AM	#15
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I give them to those around me with less fortunate video cards...... ...it's like charity....with a core clock

Feb 24, 2005, 08:28 AM	#16
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Sell them on ebay! asumeing thier good cards! or try the buy sell forum here at DH after you get some posts in becouse there is a min post requirement for that forum none kock old Cards! They still rock the old radeon 64mb vivo can still push ut2004! hl2! stuff like that...Heck was on a budget buidling this machine, all i'm useing now is only a 9100 64 w/TV out! it's temporary but eats everyhing I thow at it.... belive me it may suck but it will be a big upgrade for somebody! __________________