How worthless is my old GPU?

[rsethc]

My Nvidia GTX 750 Ti manufactured by ASUS still (*crosses fingers*) works and performs quite well for what I need it to do. But after watching some Scrapyard Wars where Linus was complaining about people wanting to charge too much for old graphics cards I started to wonder just how much my card, which originally cost about $160 at the time of purchase, would be worth today. I'm not planning to replace my 750 Ti or sell it for any other reason, but just out of curiosity, what would be a fair market price for one of these? If it matters, I'm the the southeast United States.

 

 

Also, you've got to admit... for it just being a 750 Ti, ASUS did make a really awesome-looking cooler for it.

[You_are_a_cunt]

I'll give you all the pocket lint and random buttons I have for it.

I'll even throw in a Twinkie from the late 90s!

 

Probably worth something like $50-75, but don't quote me on that

[rsethc]

That sounds pretty reasonable. I was assuming more like the $80 to $100 range but it's already two generations old isn't it?

 

Hey I wonder if there's some kind of depreciation curve that someone has come up with for various GPUs that would show something like if you want mid-tier performance whether you should go for a several-generations-old top-tier card or a brand-new mid-tier card, if you want the best resale results (i.e. buying something new for 200 bucks and selling it in two years for 100 bucks, versus buying something older also for 200 bucks and selling it later for a different price).

[ellisif]

Perfect condition, clean, and most/all accessories or original packing, you're looking at a good $65-80.

 

Missing any of those, it could go as low as $50. It could go that low if your market is super saturated as well even in perfect cond., depends on the city/state.

[BloodyWaters]

I'd say 50-100 USD max. 

[Princess Luna]

I have no issues what so ever purchasing used hardware but I would NEVER buy low end used hardware, only a nVidia xx80 and up.

[porina]

I think you need to take it in context of what else is available at the time of selling. In nvidia's range, there's the recently announced 1030 and the 1050 higher up which would perform either side of the 750Ti. Do definitely less than a 1050, no question. Comparing against the 1030 is more difficult, as the 750Ti should be a little faster, but the 1030 is much lower power consumption, and has the latest features. Taking into consideration the GPU is used, I'd look below 1030 pricing for a realistic sale.

[rsethc]

GTX 1050's at my local MicroCenter are priced at about $120 so the "no more than $100" seems to make a lot of sense. By the way, yes I do have the original packaging. Do people really care about that for a used card though? And I mean other than as a bargaining point, like "if I haggle then I can bring up original packaging and knock a few bucks off the asking price".

[porina]

Original box makes good packing if you need to ship it...

[rsethc]

1 hour ago, porina said:

Original box makes good packing if you need to ship it...

Yeah that makes sense, I didn't think about that particular aspect.

[kingfurykiller]

I have the same card! Bought it for $130 a little over a year ago. I've actually gotten some great mileage out of it too. Curious what other people here think it's worth; thinking of upgrading to a 1070 soon.

[User Name]

40 bucks, I got a 960 the other day for 80, and saw a 950 for 60 on craigslist, but your market may be different