Selling old (but glitchy) GPU

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Hi everyone,
I have an old Sapphire Radeon 7870 GHz edition that I've had for over a year now. I purchased it back round Jan of 2013 while I was living in Japan, and has always been giving me problems. While it works perfectly fine, it does have an issue that has been plaguing me, issue being that it randomly goes to a black screen during 3D activity like playing video games. This can happen at anytime, whether you're 2 hours into a game or you've only been playing for 15 min. I've been meaning to get rid of it for some time, but didn't really want to toss it because I think that would be a HUGE waste, having it in near perfect condition. It works perfectly fine, it just craps out during gaming. Would anyone be interested in taking this off my hands? Or would anyone want it at all lol? I can post pics of it if needed. Let me know please! Thanks!
 
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The fact that it has issues is what would deter any would be buyers. Old cards still sell pretty well though, depending on the card. I just sold a GTX 295 on craigslist for $160 after my ad had been up for only 17 hours. A five year old GPU with DX and VRAM limitations sells instantly. There's a buyer for anything

But personally I'd go along the lines of what newbbuilder said. Hold onto it, or pass it onto family. I like to have at least one comparable card set aside as back up.
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I wouldn't buy a glitchy card... and it's getting kind of outdated... maybe you can refurbish it and install it in a nephews RIG? that is just my suggestion.

 
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Well I wouldn't be able to refurbish it at all anyways since it doesn't really hold in gaming right?
 
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The fact that it has issues is what would deter any would be buyers. Old cards still sell pretty well though, depending on the card. I just sold a GTX 295 on craigslist for $160 after my ad had been up for only 17 hours. A five year old GPU with DX and VRAM limitations sells instantly. There's a buyer for anything

But personally I'd go along the lines of what newbbuilder said. Hold onto it, or pass it onto family. I like to have at least one comparable card set aside as back up.
 
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I see. Thanks for your input!
 
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