WolfShadw,
I would very much like your 'old card', firstly why I need it and secondly why I deserve it.
The need:
I have a machine that until last month was used for home business, browsing, music (whilst working) and the occasional bit of HL2, diablo2, EVEonline. Its specs are:
Asus P4C800Deluxe (intel875) with AGP slot,
Northwood 'C' core 3.0GHz HT,
Corsair 2x 512Mb XMS DDR,
Sapphire ATi9600pro with 256Mb,
Seagate 7200.8 200Gb,
LiteOnIT CD burner,
LiteOnIT 18a DL DVD burner (recent acquisition),
Akasa PaxPower 400W (most recent - had to go cheap out of necessity).
Nothing is overclocked as this is primarily a business machine.
Due to a change in circumstances (see deserving) I now have a need to run games more frequently and more recent ones at that. I am finding that my existing 9600pro just can't cut the mustard anymore.
The 'Deserving':
I have built many machines for friends and family but they pay for (and naturally get) the parts.
One of my sons, who is 21 and has severe ADHD; Asperger's; epilepsy; cerebral palsy (right hemaporesis); and learning difficulties, has just embarked on a series of 3 procedures to give him some increased mobility in his right foot. This is going to take a total of almost 1 1/2 years.
Because of the nature of his conditions he requires 24/7 attendance/care and constant entertainment/distractions to assist with reducing frustration levels and aiding anger management. Until now we have managed to get him into independant living with support at a distance, but this is not possible during these procedures. He is currently living with us in a hospital bed (that has been loaned to us by a charity) in the front room.
In order for his care to be facilitated, my wife has had to go to part time work and I am subsisting on small architectural drawing jobs that I can work on at home. Needless to say that our income has reduced and all that remains goes to essentials only. Upgrading my computer is not classed as an essential.
My son needs to play some games to help reduce his boredom and frustration. Afterall there is only so much TV that he can watch before getting bored witless. He is the reason why I need this upgrade for my machine now. If it weren't for this situation I would likely keep this machine in its current config until I had planned to replace it in about a year. As I won't be able to afford to upgrade (let alone replace this machine) until I get back to full time work I would truly appreciate having your 'old' 7800GS in its AGP flavour.
As you can tell from my spelling I'm in Brit-land so I shall have to pay for carriage across the pond.
I shall place some pics of the machine (and my son) in a later post as soon as I have found some where to host them. I have never needed that facility before and so have not investigated doing it before now (any advice on that score would be welcome).
In the meantime I am hoping to win your favour.
Q