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I've been combing my local B&S web sites and see prices for 5800 series down to sub 100 dollar levels.  Would any of you still buy a 5870 card for a hundred bucks at this time?  Thanks.

For what? Gaming or mining?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101624.0

Sorry, I should clarify.  It's for mining.  Wanted to gauge the community sentiment on if purchasing old GPUs for mining is still worthwhile.  My rough calculations at today's difficulty- a 5870 would need about 90-100 days to pay for itself.

I'd probably take one for about $85 shipped. It must be game stable though (resellable condition)

5870s are good miners but mining with them for btc will be obsulete when ascis are out if you want  to make a rig for alt coins like Litecoin then maybe this is suited as my 5870 works perfect for it and gets arround 300 to 400Kh/s on litecoin and btc i pull 400MH/s

you can still sell 5830's on ebay for like $60-$85+  (not including shipping on some of these)

http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=radeon+hd+5830&_sop=13

5870's look like they average around $125

http://www.ebay.com/csc/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=radeon+hd+5870&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc

but then you'd have to pay about $14 of that in ebay fees

actually it was just 3 or 4 recent cards went for a lot.  the average is more like $100.  just do a buy it now for $115 or something, always the best

No, of course nobody buying gpus for gaming! Everyone today is playing on modern consoles with state-of-the-art powerful hardware!

on which planet/universe are u living? :D

That was sarcasm.

mine too ;)

Yes, I do. 5850/70 if less than $60, and 6950 if less than $120 (got mine for that recently). If it is cheap enough, there is close no no risk, I will buy it and mine on it until I feel the price has catched up - then I sell the HW and invest in something new again.

I'd buy a dozen 5870's for $75 each as long as they were all in working condition... you could sell them on eBay for at least 33% profit...  not sure about the 5850 and 6950 pricing

My GPU buying is getting less and less, for two reasons, I do have a claim in the ASIC race so relying on that, But also, As my cards drop off this mortal coil, I am less inclined to replace them due to the cards holding price, I mean the 5870 is the same price it was a year ago? So unless I find cheap deals, My farm will get smaller.

Well, 5870 has dropped some bit tbh.  I bought most of mine for about $160 approx. 6 months ago.  Now you'd be doing good to clear about $105-$110 after eBay fees.  Clearing $100 would be more realistic (have a nice shipping price, too).

5830's, though....   just glanced at eBay and they're still going for $60-$80 before shipping (so average price maybe around $70-$90?).  I bought a bunch of mine back in April of 2011 for $100..  That newegg promotion, I'm sure a bunch of people here remember that.  I think a few weeks after that there was another promotion (maybe with amazon) where they sold them for like $110 with a shogun steam code.

Recently bought two 7950 from Gigabyte with 3 fans, run great, both on 1050 Mhz, doing 555 Mhs, default vcore.
For mining and occasional gaming.

I'm holding out to see if Avalon ships...if not, then I think I may be able to break even if I buy these old 5800 series cards (free power)

can you gave the link?
it sounds cheap

I bought 3 7970's a couple months ago and will probably break even with btc. When the asic hits and the difficulty skyrockets ill swap them over to LTC. I tend to think of BTC like gold and LTC like silver.

similar here - but as its winter i run up to 1100mh/s and they are currently on 64*C and peaking at 600mh/s.
I also use them for gaming - so BTC is basically a hobby and a way to pay for some of the initial cost of my hardware upgrades.

I stopped buying GPUs last summer, somehow I'm sitting here with 40 more cards than I had back then. I've definitely stopped buying them now though!

40 pcs cards is enough i guess
if 1 can get 300 mhash, it already 12ghash/s  ;D

If you can get ROI by the end of the year you should be fine...
BTC/GH in one year (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=209750.msg2291983#msg2291983)

yeah, i'd buy a 5870 for $100

you could turn it immediately for a profit, assuming it's not missing any parts, hah

Got two 7970s in April, and 2 more last week for a milk rate rig. Also have 2x 5870s for gaming/mining.

Seeing it now as a self funding hobby with gaming perks, maybe pay for a new gaming rig if lucky.

Can't see it being more than that due to asics, like others posted escape hatch is ltc or ebaying the cards.