PC gamers, what do you do with your old Graphics card?

I basically just give'em away to a friend in exchange for something good such as old games and something that catches my fancy.

Mostly sell, there are always people who will buy your shit for a fair price.

I only meet in public places.

I usually sell it to recoup some of the money. Usually to a friend.

I sell and or give parts to friends and family that what to upgrade or need a replacement part. If I cant get rid of parts I just hang onto them until someone comes along needing it. Just replaced someone's dead motherboard (blown capacitors) with my old Athlon X2 5200 and motherboard for $40 he actually got an upgrade.

i dont upgrade very often (upgrading from a HD 5850 to either a 1080 (maybe TI) or whatever vega is....bit of a gap) so no point selling them on.

i usually pass them out to friends and family as required. generally most of the PC is replaced not just the GPU so bits and pieces are spread around.

i no one wants them then i hang onto it in case something goes wrong with my PC. it can be handy to have spare hardware when troubleshooting.

Sometimes I make a new PC with the card and sell it. Other times, I just give the card away.

I basically collect them, they're way too old to function properly today.

Maybe i'll build a retro PC one of these days, i've got a lot of parts around here.

Sell them on Ebay.

... How often do you need to keep up with the latest tech? Because currently I am going on 2 years with my 970 gtx and have absolutely no real need or desire to upgrade my graphics card when I am pulling 90 to 140fps in Doom on Vulkan at max settings at 1080p..

Give them to a friend or younger brother.

Recently gave my old gaming laptop to a friend. Cant run anything modern but it still works. Better to see it get some use than toss it.

Take the gold outta them

I use them for door stoppers.

I upgrade no earlier than 3.5 years so by that point the sell price has depreciated significantly; they end up as backups or hand-me-downs. My 4870 ended up seeing some more use after I had to send my 7870 for warranty repair.

I have all sorts of computer components put away not just graphics cards. Whenever I upgrade I always think 'someone might need this some day' when I'm removing the old stuff. They never do. Ever.

If I sold them all you can bet your life one of my friends or a friend of the family will suddenly blow up their GPU or CPU or some other shit and phone up saying 'long shot but do you happen to have....'. Then again, they might not.

Always have a spare GPU in case one breaks. I generally until recently keep them with the PC they were built for and just rotate my computers around, swap one as a Linux server or the downstairs office PC, then chuck the oldest PC out with the trash.

It's still in my old build.

I'm just wondering how often you think the average PC gamer is required to upgrade?

I'd sure like to live next to you :D

Seeing how often you have to upgrade to keep up with the latest tech,

Do you call often when you upgrade after 3-4 years? If so then yeah, often!

and how low the value of an old card drops once the new ones come out.

My GTX970 still serves me well. I'm not going to upgrade just because nvidia has released new cards.

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<starts packing>

I remember reading something about a guy who took a dozen of so old cards and made them into a pretty sweet coffee table. Can't find the link though....

Usually use them a desk ornament.

@GoldenElementXL: You must have a pretty serious case of Stockholm Syndrome if you're that eager to give Nvidia another $1200 after blowing $2000 on Kepler only to have them gimp it into the ground. I'm pissed enough to never buy another GPU from them again over a 770, I'd be livid if I had a pair of Titan Blacks. That aside, I don't think I've ever seen a dual GPU used for PhysX. That's crazy. I had read that PhysX cards aren't really very beneficial anymore, but 17 fps is pretty substantial.

I give my old GPUs to my dad. He doesn't game often, and mostly plays older FPSes, so being an upgrade cycle behind me isn't much of an issue for him.

I tend to keep mine in reserve, just in case.

Why should I be livid? I bought the Titan Blacks over 2 years ago. You do know tech gets better every year, right? And I want the best single GPU I can buy to power VR. AMD sure as hell can't provide that. I might just buy a 1080 FTW and wait for the HBM2 Titan, but the Titan X is VERY tempting to me.

Part of being an enthusiast is spending money.

@GoldenElementXL: Because Nvidia stopped making any effort to optimize drivers for Kepler for newer games the moment Maxwell came out, with the notable exception of the Witcher 3 fix, following massive outcry over a GTX 960 beating a 780. My 770 was faster than an R9 280x when it was new, now the 280x beats it by a large margin. Hell, it's barely faster than a 270x. The 290x beats the 780 Ti now and the 290's formerly minuscule lead over the 780 has expanded dramatically.

Me too.. hope I get to use them again oneday tho. not for playing games tho.. but I don't upgrade my GPU a lot, just playing on medium or low settings.