What to do with an old Video Card...

[ReddMcKnight]

OK, so I took this Nvidia G-Force 6600 Card out of my old computer, and I'm not sure what I can do with it since it's so outdated. Any suggestions? Is it possible that I could sell it?

[Ziggy]

Don't really know any one that would even want it. Even if you wanna build an old-school system, you could still get a much better video card on the cheap.

I would hold onto it. It's good to have spare parts for diagnosing problems. Thinking your video card might be bad? Just swap in a spare and see.

[anth0ny]

I had one that I sold on craigslist for 20 bucks.

Someone is bound to want it.

[Hobie-wan]

It would be useful for a Mame machine. Yeah it's probably only worth $5 but still.

[CaptainWeasel]

You could keep it around just in case your other one goes kaput. I hate being without a extra video card, because it comes in real handy.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Install that sucker and run a second monitor on your comp.

I was running three monitors for a bit with the dual outputs on my old GeForce 6800 and the integrated video on my motherboard. It made for tons of fun, lots of more screen real estate and insanely easy multitasking.

Not to mention you could use that extra screen to run chat clients and maps or something during a game.

[Hobie-wan]

Not to mention you could use that extra screen to run chat clients and maps or something during a game.

When I tried this with an AGP and a PCI card about 5 years ago it made 3D games that otherwise ran fine on one single monitor run like garbage even when the second screen was only showing IM and Winamp on 800x600.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Not to mention you could use that extra screen to run chat clients and maps or something during a game.

When I tried this with an AGP and a PCI card about 5 years ago it made 3D games that otherwise ran fine on one single monitor run like garbage even when the second screen was only showing IM and Winamp on 800x600.

It's never caused a bump for me.

Also that was five years ago and things have gotten a lot better/they've ironed out the kinks on multiple monitors.

[thelolotov]

Install that sucker and run a second monitor on your comp.

I was running three monitors for a bit with the dual outputs on my old GeForce 6800 and the integrated video on my motherboard. It made for tons of fun, lots of more screen real estate and insanely easy multitasking.

Not to mention you could use that extra screen to run chat clients and maps or something during a game.

Don't forget triplehead gaming.

http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/

[Anapan]

My friend and I save up our too-old-and-crappy-to-ever-be-of-use hardware for a yearly get-drunk-and-smash-stuff-with-sledgehammers event. This year I made a 68000 mac laptop say "please keep me! I'm still useful!". We also smashed 2 broken harddrives, 3 cellphones, and a cracked ipod. I already have a Windows CE laptop I need to find a power supply for and 3 broken cellphones for next year.

Triplehead gaming sounds great, but my solution is also pretty spectacular when you watch the video in slow-motion.
Next year I'll play "Die Motherf*cker, Die" by the Geto Boys like in Office Space (where the idea came from).