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Title: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 05, 2012, 08:41:43 PM ;D
I came across a case of graphic cards today, I think there are about 50 pcs. http://s5.postimage.org/lv2ckhovr/IMG_20121005_123057.jpg http://s5.postimage.org/zft4jm4on/IMG_20121005_123209.jpg First thing that came to mind was MINNING ! So is it possible to connect these all together and mine with them? How many Mh would I get? :P Does anyone know what I would need, is it even possible? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Jutarul on October 05, 2012, 08:45:14 PM It's not even on the radar: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Nvidia
which means they're no good for mining. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Starlightbreaker on October 05, 2012, 08:45:44 PM AGP?
well, you can ebay the whole thing for a few bucks. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: crazyates on October 05, 2012, 08:46:52 PM Short answer: No
Long answer: Those look like Nvidia 5700s, which are too old to mine on. Also, its an AGP card, and I don't know of any motherboard with more than 1 AGP port. You're best bet would be to sell them on ebay, maybe 200 for the whole box? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 05, 2012, 08:47:22 PM The whole case for a few bucks??!! LOL :)
AGP? well, you can ebay the whole thing for a few bucks. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: enmaku on October 05, 2012, 08:51:40 PM The whole case for a few bucks??!! LOL :) AGP? well, you can ebay the whole thing for a few bucks. A bit hyperbolic but yeah. What you've got there is a case of Nvidia Geforce fx5700LE AGP 8x 256MB graphics cards - or in layman's terms "a crappier video card than what comes stock with a Dell laptop." If it mines at all (which it probably won't) it won't push out enough hashrate to be worth the power or the time spent setting it up. Oh and they ebay for $15-$30 each, though I'd imagine there's not a huge target market for old AGP 8x cards so it would probably take ages to sell them all off. Sorry! Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: foggyb on October 05, 2012, 08:53:12 PM I'm afraid they are correct. Modern motherboards are rarely found with an AGP port, so your market will be people with an older PC looking for a crappy video card.
You might get $30 apiece on ebay, if you are very patient. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 05, 2012, 08:54:42 PM Ah man, there's me thinking I was gonna push up the difficulty a bit ;D
Ebay it is!! 256 MB is selling for 30 bucks, these are 512 MB, not bad.. The whole case for a few bucks??!! LOL :) AGP? well, you can ebay the whole thing for a few bucks. A bit hyperbolic but yeah. What you've got there is a case of Nvidia Geforce fx5700LE AGP 8x 256MB graphics cards - or in layman's terms "a crappier video card than what comes stock with a Dell laptop." If it mines at all (which it probably won't) it won't push out enough hashrate to be worth the power or the time spent setting it up. Oh and they ebay for $15-$30 each, though I'd imagine there's not a huge target market for old AGP 8x cards so it would probably take ages to sell them all off. Sorry! Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: panda1 on October 05, 2012, 08:58:56 PM That's still a nice find!
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: crazyates on October 05, 2012, 09:03:05 PM If it mines at all (which it probably won't) it won't push out enough hashrate to be worth the power or the time spent setting it up. Mining on Nvidia requires 8xxx card or newer. a 5xxx card won't cut it by a long shot. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 05, 2012, 09:04:31 PM Thanks :) Although I wish they were 6990's LOL
That's still a nice find! Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: enmaku on October 05, 2012, 09:04:47 PM 256 MB is selling for 30 bucks, these are 512 MB, not bad.. http://s5.postimage.org/zft4jm4on/IMG_20121005_123209.jpg No they're not... Well, unless you grabbed the one 256MB card from the box for that pic and the rest are 512? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 05, 2012, 09:15:04 PM Guess I didnt notice the fine print ;D
Still worth 30 bucks :) Thanks though.. 256 MB is selling for 30 bucks, these are 512 MB, not bad.. http://s5.postimage.org/zft4jm4on/IMG_20121005_123209.jpg No they're not... Well, unless you grabbed the one 256MB card from the box for that pic and the rest are 512? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Puppet on October 05, 2012, 09:27:34 PM Guess I didnt notice the fine print ;D Still worth 30 bucks :) Its not because its being offered for 30 that its worth 30. Its only worth 30 bucks if anyone pays that for it. Did you go to school with usagi? :) I dont think you will sell (m)any at that price, but good luck trying. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 05, 2012, 09:45:03 PM Thanks ! ;D
Guess I didnt notice the fine print ;D Still worth 30 bucks :) Its not because its being offered for 30 that its worth 30. Its only worth 30 bucks if anyone pays that for it. Did you go to school with usagi? :) I dont think you will sell (m)any at that price, but good luck trying. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: dunand on October 06, 2012, 01:48:41 AM 10 years from now a guy will post something like:
I found a case full of cards. It's written [you choose : bAsic, Avalon or BitForce] on it. Can I mine bitcoins with them? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: quasarbtc on October 06, 2012, 02:06:49 AM Nice find. Too bad they're a bit dated.
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: bitvientiane on October 06, 2012, 02:27:24 AM How did you find them?
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: jojo69 on October 06, 2012, 02:36:04 AM will 2 fit in a small flat rate?
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: crazyates on October 06, 2012, 03:55:04 AM How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Graet on October 06, 2012, 05:04:50 AM How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. seriously they are old tech, the only use for them will be people with old pcs whose gfx card fails and they wont upgrade to a new system. If you want to get an idea of the real value, start an auction on ebay at $2 and see where it sells ;) The value is in what someone will pay for it, not what someone wants to get for it :) Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 06, 2012, 07:45:20 AM Yeah, I guess! Anyone offering any BTC :) I found them in an old warehouse we rented. Ask the owner, he had no idea, said they were junk. So I thought I'd put them to good use. Someone must have spent alot of money on these at the time they were good for mining. ;D How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. seriously they are old tech, the only use for them will be people with old pcs whose gfx card fails and they wont upgrade to a new system. If you want to get an idea of the real value, start an auction on ebay at $2 and see where it sells ;) The value is in what someone will pay for it, not what someone wants to get for it :) Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: jojo69 on October 06, 2012, 12:58:00 PM Yeah, I guess! Anyone offering any BTC :) If you can yingyang 2 of them in the small flat rate I will give you .7 BTC for 2 shipped Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: salfter on October 06, 2012, 04:49:53 PM If it mines at all (which it probably won't)... If they're all identical to the card in the closeup, they won't. 5-series nVidia cards don't do CUDA; that wasn't available until the 8-series. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: GernMiester on October 06, 2012, 06:16:48 PM garbage, boxed and ready to be tossed out..
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 06, 2012, 08:15:25 PM Yeah sure, just PM me your details and I'll send them away. ;)
Yeah, I guess! Anyone offering any BTC :) If you can yingyang 2 of them in the small flat rate I will give you .7 BTC for 2 shipped Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Jack1Rip1BurnIt on October 06, 2012, 08:33:56 PM Yeah sure, just PM me your details and I'll send them away. ;) Yeah, I guess! Anyone offering any BTC :) If you can yingyang 2 of them in the small flat rate I will give you .7 BTC for 2 shipped How much does a small flat rate box cost? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 06, 2012, 08:58:13 PM So sorry, didnt see the "." before the 7 there ;D
I can do 2 for 5BTC . Thats lower than the going rate on ebay, what d'ya think? Yeah, I guess! Anyone offering any BTC :) If you can yingyang 2 of them in the small flat rate I will give you .7 BTC for 2 shipped Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 06, 2012, 08:59:10 PM More than .7 BTC ;D
Yeah sure, just PM me your details and I'll send them away. ;) Yeah, I guess! Anyone offering any BTC :) If you can yingyang 2 of them in the small flat rate I will give you .7 BTC for 2 shipped How much does a small flat rate box cost? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: 420 on October 06, 2012, 09:19:53 PM how many total?
maybe 0.5BTC per card Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: os2sam on October 06, 2012, 09:54:17 PM Someone must have spent alot of money on these at the time they were good for mining. ;D They were never good for mining. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 06, 2012, 09:59:11 PM I know, it was a joke lol ;D
Someone must have spent alot of money on these at the time they were good for mining. ;D They were never good for mining. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: kwoody on October 06, 2012, 09:59:24 PM Sick find. If it were me, I'd try to find an office or school or something with old machines, stick the cards in those machines, and sell the machines. I once had a library give me a dozen old pentium II 400mhz boxes, all I had to do was haul them off and they were free. Nice find.
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Gabi on October 06, 2012, 10:45:39 PM They are very old cards and they are AGP. Since they are so old, and since probably buying them today is not easy, probably you can sell them for a nice profit, maybe someone has a old computer and need it :)
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Zeek_W on October 07, 2012, 01:32:43 AM You could build them up into a Ghetto Render Farm for use at a Highschool or something?
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: jojo69 on October 07, 2012, 06:45:01 AM small flat rate is 5 bux, so less than .5BTC
I am offering a bit over a dollar a card for essentially landfill Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: capn noe on October 07, 2012, 06:52:34 AM small flat rate is 5 bux, so less than .5BTC I am offering a bit over a dollar a card for essentially landfill Now now, boards like that go for about $4.10/lb if you recycle them. The landfill processing center wouldn't let those fall into the actual fill. ;D Remember when looking to value via ebay to always look at 'completed listings'. Look at what people paid for them, not what people are asking. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: jojo69 on October 07, 2012, 06:57:50 AM I'm only getting $2.80 per pound for #1 board down at the port...who is paying $4.10??
ok I up my offer to one whole coin Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: capn noe on October 07, 2012, 07:00:33 AM I'm only getting $2.80 per pound for #1 board down at the port...who is paying $4.10?? ok I up my offer to one whole coin 4.10 @ 1800lbs to Buffalo NY to a smelter. I'm missing a middleman or two probably. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: jojo69 on October 07, 2012, 07:23:05 AM Interesting, my report is from the port of Tacoma, goes directly on the boat to China.
They make you strip the steel header plates off to get that? Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Maniac479 on October 07, 2012, 11:37:00 PM I have an old GeForce 8800 GTX card if anyone wants to give me any bitcoin for it. It's a monster, would cost a lot to ship. It's really heavy, like a large brick, with a large fan and heavy-duty cooling.
I've got an old computer that needs a new AGP card (the old one fried) so maybe I could do a straight trade. I think this GeForce 8800 was barely used. I got it with another card, the guy just threw it in for nothing. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 09, 2012, 09:34:48 PM As shipping would cost you alot, you might just want to sell your card locally.
As for the AGP card, I can do you a good price for 2.5 BTC shipped, what do you think? Their 40 bucks on eBay, and thats the ceapest Ive found. http://www.ebay.com/itm/D02-X0013-NEW-AGP-Video-Card-nVIDIA-GeForce-FX5700-FX-5700-256-MB-/271057192779?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3f1c44874b I have an old GeForce 8800 GTX card if anyone wants to give me any bitcoin for it. It's a monster, would cost a lot to ship. It's really heavy, like a large brick, with a large fan and heavy-duty cooling. I've got an old computer that needs a new AGP card (the old one fried) so maybe I could do a straight trade. I think this GeForce 8800 was barely used. I got it with another card, the guy just threw it in for nothing. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: SysRun on October 10, 2012, 02:26:36 PM could be gold in those. you might want to check on the recycling value.
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Aahzman on October 11, 2012, 05:23:56 PM How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. seriously they are old tech, the only use for them will be people with old pcs whose gfx card fails and they wont upgrade to a new system. If you want to get an idea of the real value, start an auction on ebay at $2 and see where it sells ;) The value is in what someone will pay for it, not what someone wants to get for it :) and all us nerds who do family/friend tech support know someone like that, who just refuses to commit a few bucks to buying a new system. sigh. i've flat out told my friends and family that if it's more than 3yrs old, i ain't helping them with it. Especially my brother in law, who likes to THINK he's a techie, but is really just an idiot. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 11, 2012, 06:01:00 PM I alone have 3 AGP desktops lying around.. Antiques ;D
How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. seriously they are old tech, the only use for them will be people with old pcs whose gfx card fails and they wont upgrade to a new system. If you want to get an idea of the real value, start an auction on ebay at $2 and see where it sells ;) The value is in what someone will pay for it, not what someone wants to get for it :) and all us nerds who do family/friend tech support know someone like that, who just refuses to commit a few bucks to buying a new system. sigh. i've flat out told my friends and family that if it's more than 3yrs old, i ain't helping them with it. Especially my brother in law, who likes to THINK he's a techie, but is really just an idiot. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: MoonShadow on October 11, 2012, 06:07:06 PM How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. seriously they are old tech, the only use for them will be people with old pcs whose gfx card fails and they wont upgrade to a new system. If you want to get an idea of the real value, start an auction on ebay at $2 and see where it sells ;) The value is in what someone will pay for it, not what someone wants to get for it :) and all us nerds who do family/friend tech support know someone like that, who just refuses to commit a few bucks to buying a new system. sigh. i've flat out told my friends and family that if it's more than 3yrs old, i ain't helping them with it. Especially my brother in law, who likes to THINK he's a techie, but is really just an idiot. NASA, up until recently, has been buying up old 386 hardware on the sly in order to maintian their legacy control computers, mostly in the shuttles. The reason that they were necessary was because the old & slow cpu's were much more tolerant to ionizing radiation making into the computer case, and thus did not require nearly as much shielding as a more recent cpu arch. For similar reasons, the USMC had 486 machines in hardened cases up until around 1995. These thing s are worth something to someone, if only a enterprise business in Africa. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: deepceleron on October 11, 2012, 06:31:11 PM Here's an opinion on these cards from eight years ago:
the fx series of cards from nvidia had some issues with pixel shaders. the le is also the slow version of the 5700, 5700ultra. the fastest version, the 5700ultra is showing its age and i would say thr minimum card to upgrade to right now is the 6600gt(agp) on newegg.com There was a guy able to sell two similar cards buy it now for $25 with free shipping, but it may take forever to dispose of them if you ask that much. I can get better freecycled AGP cards all day long, this is the kind of video card you will find in "free computer tower on curb" ads. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Remember remember the 5th of November on October 11, 2012, 06:57:20 PM How did you find them? That's what I wanna know. seriously they are old tech, the only use for them will be people with old pcs whose gfx card fails and they wont upgrade to a new system. If you want to get an idea of the real value, start an auction on ebay at $2 and see where it sells ;) The value is in what someone will pay for it, not what someone wants to get for it :) and all us nerds who do family/friend tech support know someone like that, who just refuses to commit a few bucks to buying a new system. sigh. i've flat out told my friends and family that if it's more than 3yrs old, i ain't helping them with it. Especially my brother in law, who likes to THINK he's a techie, but is really just an idiot. NASA, up until recently, has been buying up old 386 hardware on the sly in order to maintian their legacy control computers, mostly in the shuttles. The reason that they were necessary was because the old & slow cpu's were much more tolerant to ionizing radiation making into the computer case, and thus did not require nearly as much shielding as a more recent cpu arch. For similar reasons, the USMC had 486 machines in hardened cases up until around 1995. These thing s are worth something to someone, if only a enterprise business in Africa. Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: Insu Dra on October 12, 2012, 05:27:22 PM Someone must have spent alot of money on these at the time they were good for mining. ;D I'm sure the cards are older then bitcoin it selfs so mining what exactly ? :P Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: yrtrnc on October 12, 2012, 07:41:53 PM Its a joke dude ;D
Someone must have spent alot of money on these at the time they were good for mining. ;D I'm sure the cards are older then bitcoin it selfs so mining what exactly ? :P Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: underminer on October 14, 2012, 06:01:54 PM Hey I have really insanely good luck selling agp cards on craigslist. Just poke around until you find a want ad for agp card or somebody looking to upgrade their old system, then make them a really good offer like $5-10 per card. Seems like I sell 2/3 agp cards every couple weeks (and I never buy them) which isn't shabby.
Title: Re: I found a case full of graphic cards, check this out! Post by: HolyScott on October 18, 2012, 02:35:58 AM Just a tad outdated.
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