What do you do with your old video cards?

[pmv]

This is something I kick myself about - I really _should_ sell them as soon as I stop using them, instead they sit in the cupboard till they lose all their resale value but I still can't bring myself to throw them away. Some I end up using in a frankencomputer made out of old bits, for no good reason.

 

[Hauk]

I sell mine usually within a year.

 

[crisium]

Sell them. Unless they are broken.

 

[solofly]

I move it down the line and the last one gets sold...(I do that with all my hardware)

 

[exar333]

Sell them. If they are relatively new, they usually sell for unreasonably large amounts on eBay.

 

[nOOky]

I usually sell them. I have an 8800GTS512 sitting here I should sell, but I keep thinking I'll use it for a PhysX card, even though I know it's useless for any games I play. I always think it's best to get rid of them while they still hold some value.

I try to keep one cheap old one around for testing purposes, I even have a couple old agp cards around for the heck of it.

 

[boran]

I pass them on.
even a Geforce Ti4400 beats most integrated stuff these days. so its still an upgrade.

 

[vshah]

I just toss em in the trash.

I had a 5870 that I junked when I got my 5890.

 

[ZipSpeed]

If the video card can still run modern games, I move it down the line to the next computer. For older video cards, I toss it into spare part box as I have quite a number of older computers at my business. The really archaic ones gets sent for recycling at the nearest depot.

 

[Daedalus685]

I've never bothered to sell anything I've used. Usually it all ends up being given to family. With the family not really needing new GPU's E bay might be a good alternative... or something more 'creative.' I have always wondered what happens to the things when put through true hell.

 

[n7]

Either sell or they get migrated down to a lower-end system.

 

[T2k]

Sell them. I usually buy high-end cards (or close to it) thus when I replace them a year later it's still a good buy for others - especially for my friends who tend to snatch them up at bargain prices...

 

[konakona]

All of the above. I end up keeping a few when resale value isn't high enough to justify shipping/hassle. Yet other times I would sell it for cheap or give away to my friends / cousin.

 

[Spydermag68]

I move them to other computers and then some I make clocks out of them.

I had a friend looking at a few of them and he was surprised at the Monster 3D card I was using as a clock.

I told him "It's time was up"

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Keep them or sell to my older brother if I can.

I still have an 8800GTS 320mb that I keep as a backup card. Come to think of it, it's overkill for that. However, if for some reason I RMA my main card it'll still be able to play all games on high w/ no AA.

 

[imported_NoGodForMe]

Keep as spares.

They do have computer recycling centers if you look enough.
Broward County has this
http://www.arcbroward.com/electronics_recycling.html
And Broward county also has electronics collection days.

 

[WT]

x850xt,x1800 xt x1900xt ,4850 all sitting around since its not worth anything.

Ughh, you need to sell 'em and profit. I have been looking for x850 or 1800 cards, especially AGP ones, to use to upgrade older customer PCs. You guys need to try out the FS/FT forum to help out some guys in need of older cards.