What to do with an old gpu

[adithyay328]

Hi there! I have an old gtx 650ti that I replaced with a gtx 970. I can't sell the 650ti, and want to use it in this computer(unless my bro gets a PC which I can save him some on, which prob won't happen) so that it doesn't just sit there. I've heard that it could be a physx card(dedicated), but there were some paramerters that don't apply to this setup. Any suggestions? Thankx! (BTW: I has 8GB ram AMD hexacore @ 3.6 ghz, not sure if that'll bottleneck). Thanx again!

[Pickelhaube]

If you can't sell it just keep it. PhysX will do nothing.

[Piekid34]

You could sell it to me :0

[Faster_Speeding]

I wouldn't recommend using a 650ti as a dedicated physx card with a 970, dependent on the game you may just be adding a bottleneck.

Edited December 31, 2016 by Faster_Speeding

[Faster_Speeding]

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[SkilledRebuilds]

Use it to offload the CPU for numerous things...on a older lacklustre machine.

GPU assisted video encoding, Movie/TV Media Transcoder (Re-encode>Send Smaller Stream to Mobile), Light Games or even basic web usage would improve with hardware acceleration.

 

Create a 2nd lighter weight (longer encode) machine so you can use your main machine for playing more games while the other makes video's...

Gift to someone, Giveaway online...

You'll think of something

[adithyay328]

Just now, RektSkrubs said:

If you can't sell it just keep it. PhysX will do nothing.

Just leave it lying around? Is there a way I can run them in tandem(I have 2 screens, if that helps, and sometimes, if I'm watching videos on my second, slows down my game). Also, isn't there some cool new API that can get your cards to run together? Tanks!

[adithyay328]

1 minute ago, Piekid34 said:

You could sell it to me :0

How much we talkin

[adithyay328]

1 minute ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Use it to offload the CPU for numerous things...on a older lacklustre machine.

GPU assisted video encoding, Movie/TV Media Transcoder (Re-encode>Send Smaller Stream to Mobile), Light Games or even basic web usage would improve with hardware acceleration.

 

Create a 2nd lighter weight (longer encode) machine so you can use your main machine for playing more games while the other makes video's...

Gift to someone, Giveaway online...

You'll think of something

 

Yeah, like I stated in a reply, I have 2 monitors, and when doing something like videos on second, game on first slows down. Can GPU fix this? Thx!

[SkilledRebuilds]

Keeping it as a backup card in the drawer/cupboard so if your main GPU for whatever reason goes bad one day, you can pull out the backup and use that (better than onboard).

 

Just now, adithyay328 said:

Yeah, like I stated in a reply, I have 2 monitors, and when doing something like videos on second, game on first slows down. Can GPU fix this? Thx!

Mainly for using a 2nd pc...was my reply for.
If you can source a 2nd cheap Box or have one lying around, you can do wonderful things to offset a main gaming PC's activity downtime.

[Piekid34]

2 minutes ago, adithyay328 said:

How much we talkin

IDK

How much are we talking Id say 100 or less or i might as well get it from amazon

 

[adithyay328]

2 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Keeping it as a backup card in the drawer/cupboard so if your main GPU for whatever reason goes bad one day, you can pull out the backup and use that (better than onboard).

 

Mainly for using a 2nd pc...was my reply for.
If you can source a 2nd cheap Box or have one lying around, you can do wonderful things to offset a main gaming PC's activity downtime.

 

Oh, ok. My bro might end up building a PC if I cover the GPU...1 more console scrub joining the PC master race is worth an old card, right? LOL

[adithyay328]

2 minutes ago, Piekid34 said:

IDK

How much are we talking Id say 100 or less

 

How about no...honestly I can't expect more than 100 for that anyway

[Piekid34]

Ok

 

[steffeeh]

Physx still works sometimes.

Just earlier today a friend of mine added in an old Geforce 450 (cant remember the exact name) along his GtX 1080 and it gave him a 15 FPS boost in Mirrors Edge. I guess this only applies to a few older games though.

 

Otherwise you could just run another monitor from it to save load from the GTX970, it should work.

[StayFrostyy]

Use it as a beverage coaster (@/Tek Syndicate)