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I was wondering what to do with my old graphics card. It is quite an old card, ati Radeon x1300 with the DMS59 connection. I wasn't sure what this kind of card would be used for by todays standards, so what should I do with it?

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frame it. 

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A card that old would fetch 10$ish U.S. on eBay maybe. You could put it on a shelf to look cool. You could use it as part of a retro gaming pc or some kind of server. Perhaps you could find a creative use for the passive cooler and scrap the rest. Not sure.

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2 minutes ago, doomsriker said:

A card that old would fetch 10$ish U.S. on eBay maybe. You could put it on a shelf to look cool. You could use it as part of a retro gaming pc or some kind of server. Perhaps you could find a creative use for the passive cooler and scrap the rest. Not sure.

What games would run using this card?

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3 minutes ago, jaffer said:

frame it. 

Really, why it isn't that special?

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2 minutes ago, Kragos said:

What games would run using this card?

Stuff from the mid 2000s, so stuff like far cry and doom 3

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Just now, TheRandomness said:

Sell it on eBay because there's basically no use for it.

If it has no use, why would anyone buy it?

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1 minute ago, Kragos said:

If it has no use, why would anyone buy it?

putting it on display, some people like collecting old gpus... 

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Just now, Murilo_A said:

Go bitcoin mining, u might make 1 or 2 cents every year

how do I bitcoin mine?

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I'd store somewhere safe, and hope that it becomes rare in the future so you can sell it for a good price

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1 minute ago, Kragos said:

how do I bitcoin mine?

There are a lot of tutorials on youtube, but u won't make anything with this card not to mention energy costs

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Just now, Murilo_A said:

I'd store somewhere safe, and hope that it becomes rare in the future so you can sell it for a good price

I've had it for over a decade now, how much more valuable can it become?

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22 minutes ago, Kragos said:

What games would run using this card?

Half life 1. The old unreal tournaments maybe. Fallout 1 and 2. Old games like that.

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1 minute ago, Kragos said:

I've had it for over a decade now, how much more valuable can it become?

I don't really know much about old gpus, but if it still working, you put somewhere so that it won't be damaged, and the card becomes rare, it can get very valuable, for now you probably won't get much

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Take off GPU core, drill hole and make a key chain. 

 

There's no point in keeping it really. It won't become rare or desirable. 

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