is it compatible?

[Schauhan]

I am planning to buy either of these 2 GPUs :- Asus Strix GeForce GTX960-DC20C-2GD5 OR ZOTAC GTX960 AMP ! edition 2GB 128Bit GDDR5.
can you tell me are both of these compatible with my config:

MOTHERBOARD-Asus P8H61-M LX3 R2.0
CPU-Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz (I know it will bottleneck and i plan to upgrade CPU in future but for now please tell on this basis.)
RAM: 8GB
PSU- 550W

 

[drkatz42]

yes

 

[Gamer1985]

As long as your PSU is a quality unit, it will be fine. Might you want to consider skipping a 2GB GPU and get the 4Gb version so your not wasting money on a video card that will be obsolete due to limited vRAM.

 

[Schauhan]

As long as your PSU is a quality unit, it will be fine. Might you want to consider skipping a 2GB GPU and get the 4Gb version so your not wasting money on a video card that will be obsolete due to limited vRAM.

i have seen benchmarks where 2GB and 4GB have similar performance.Do you mean it will become obsolete in future or
now.Also 4GB is little out of my budget

 

[Gamer1985]

Yes they will have similar performance, as the Vram will not increase performance until you run into bottlenecks for anything that requires more video memory. Nowadays alot of software/games can easily utilize that 2Gb and some even require more. 2Gb is just not enough anymore. I personally would just pony up the extra cash for the 4Gb to be more confident in your investment.

You will only spend another $20-40 maximum to get the 4gb card. Its really a no brainer.

 

[Schauhan]

Yes they will have similar performance, as the Vram will not increase performance until you run into bottlenecks for anything that requires more video memory. Nowadays alot of software/games can easily utilize that 2Gb and some even require more. 2Gb is just not enough anymore. I personally would just pony up the extra cash for the 4Gb to be more confident in your investment.

You will only spend another $20-40 maximum to get the 4gb card. Its really a no brainer.

thanks for explaining that. Would the 4gb matter if i never went above 720p or 1080p.