Hi I have an old sapphire 3850. I looked it up on google just because and I saw a few eBay listings for about $200 that are active now. I would expect it to cost like $20 for such an old card. My speculation is that it’s a rare collectors’ card but I haven’t found definitive proof on that. Can anyone confirm?
Is the Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 3850 rare?
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Hi I have an old sapphire 3850. I looked it up on google just because and I saw a few eBay listings for about $200 that are active now. I would expect it to cost like $20 for such an old card. My speculation is that it’s a rare collectors’ card but I haven’t found definitive proof on that. Can anyone confirm?
You're missing an important point - the 3850's that command high prices are AGP cards, as 3850 was one of the latest and highest performing AGP cards ever released as AGP was on it's last leg. PCI-E versions are worthless.
So if someone has an old rig and wants to spruce it up some, or maybe retro builders, those are the folks paying stupid money for a AGP cards.
EDIT: You may also have folks that need old cards for industrial applications, where a piece of valuable software is tied to a PC, and replacing the PC is not an option as that would probably cost thousands of bucks in order to configure the software anew. For example, lots of factories still run Windows XP because that's what runs their machinery. If one of their AGP cards dies, they will pay what seems to be crazy money to bring i back online, as the alternative is much more expensive.
So if someone has an old rig and wants to spruce it up some, or maybe retro builders, those are the folks paying stupid money for a AGP cards.
EDIT: You may also have folks that need old cards for industrial applications, where a piece of valuable software is tied to a PC, and replacing the PC is not an option as that would probably cost thousands of bucks in order to configure the software anew. For example, lots of factories still run Windows XP because that's what runs their machinery. If one of their AGP cards dies, they will pay what seems to be crazy money to bring i back online, as the alternative is much more expensive.
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Agreed, 3850 and 4670 AGP were the last 2 high performance AGP cards, hence they still command top dollar and will only get more scarce for retro builds.
The 3850 pcie is much more common and probably what you have, they're worth $15-30 depending on condition. If you want to make a few bucks you should probably still sell now though, since people are willing to buy these at the moment just to have a functional card for video out. Even a month ago you would've had trouble getting $15 for one of these.
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Yup, it's the AGP variants that cost a ton. Every now and then I almost pull the trigger to upgrade an old XP based rig I have with a s939 Athlon 64 x2 / 2gb ddr400 / AGP x1950pro 256mb.
Just can't justify it. The pci-e ones are usually dirt cheap but now's a good time to sell if you want anything for it.
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Cards usually cost that amount because of people trying to capitalize on other people liking to collect old hardware. On a performance to price standard, Intel's HD530 iGPU is about twice as fast.
Old GPUs rarely go for less than $50 because of shipping costs; People barely break even, so they want their time worth for something.
I wouldn't pay for anything except shipping for that card. Now, if it were something truly special like a 3870x2 or a 9800GX2, then we'd be talkin.
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You and me both, I have a few retro systems with AGP and the best cards among them are both X800 cards. I've watched a number of the 3850 AGPs come up for auction but never pulled the trigger yet.
I've got an AGPx8 Sapphire Radeon X1950Pro 512MB I'm sitting on, 4x1GB RAM in a S478 Pentium 4 rig. Not using it, but don't really want to sell in case the nostalgia bug hits.
I fire it up every now and then when I need a 32-bit OS or native COM-port. That old school, loud HDD starts clicking away and I watch the HDD activity indicator light on the front of the PC, the tiny (but today's standards) fans on the old Radeon screeming - brings back memories of the days when your could have either performance or silence, but never both.
Like the baby boomers driving prices of 60's muscle cars because those are the cars they always wanted or had in high school, millenials are now starting to drive up prices of old PC hardware. Just look at how much Linus paid to re-create his first rig:
I fire it up every now and then when I need a 32-bit OS or native COM-port. That old school, loud HDD starts clicking away and I watch the HDD activity indicator light on the front of the PC, the tiny (but today's standards) fans on the old Radeon screeming - brings back memories of the days when your could have either performance or silence, but never both.
Like the baby boomers driving prices of 60's muscle cars because those are the cars they always wanted or had in high school, millenials are now starting to drive up prices of old PC hardware.
Just look at how much Linus paid to re-create his first rig:
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I think my last AGP card was an x1650 Pro. Thing carried me till I got a 9800 GT.
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I have 4 3870x2's sitting in a bin in my garage. Were you being funny or are they actually rare?Cards usually cost that amount because of people trying to capitalize on other people liking to collect old hardware. On a performance to price standard, Intel's HD530 iGPU is about twice as fast.
Old GPUs rarely go for less than $50 because of shipping costs; People barely break even, so they want their time worth for something.
I wouldn't pay for anything except shipping for that card. Now, if it were something truly special like a 3870x2 or a 9800GX2, then we'd be talkin.
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So your counter-argument to me saying a 12-year old GPU is rare is that a person on OCN has four of a certain GPU? OCN isn't the typical populace, we're extremists.
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He was wondering if you were being serious, how did you take that any other way?
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Yup, it's a double edged sword. I've got an x800pro (unlocked to x800xt) on AGP..., 6600gt, also still have my og GF4 ti4200 128mb agp 8x... and many older gpus.
Useless by today's standards but a good time regardless. Nothing like seeing old hardware running in 2021.
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I was being serious. I would've guessed 4870x2's or 7950gx2's would be more sought after because they were just downright gaming history.
According to eBay sold items, 3870X2's are worth up to $100 each. Hard to believe if you ask me, but lowest one went for was $55 shipped. Lowest offered price currently is $80 shipped. Is that rare? I would not say so, but I wouldn't call it worthless either. It probably would take a while to sell though, so don't expect to throw it up there and have them gone in 2 days.
I did sell a laptop a few month ago for $100 that I was expecting to sell for $60 at the beginning of the year. I was pleasantly surprised. Looks like the combination of demand for computers for home school and work and silicon shortages together have dried up even the used computer market inventory.
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Hmm.. maybe I should sell my OEM Foxconn 9800GX2 then.. it's still in perfect working order from an old CAD workstation and got me through Crisis and CoD4 just fine back in the day paired with a heavily overclocked Q6600.
I do also own a AGP HIS HD4670 that I will never sell. It's far too nostalgic for that. It's currently in a Athlon XP-M 2800+ rig with a healthy overclock for those retro Win98/DOS games.
I do also own a AGP HIS HD4670 that I will never sell. It's far too nostalgic for that. It's currently in a Athlon XP-M 2800+ rig with a healthy overclock for those retro Win98/DOS games.
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They aren't worth that in any capacity. $100 is the proper price for a GTX 1060 these days given how old it is, and mining being non-existent. I bought mine for $120 last year, so yeah... around that price for a GPU that came out... 11 years ago because it's "rare"? Nah boss. Find me a 3DFX Voodoo 5 and then we'll talk about "rare".
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Man, I remember I had a 1600+ that I pencil modded into the xp-m to unlock the multiplier . Wish I kept it.
I do have a limited edition 8800gt reference that has a holographic "The way it's meant to be played" on the shroud. It's the only card I really consider "rare". 9800gx2 was a beast . I'd love to own one too.
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