New Graphics Card GTX 960, Old Motherboard - Would it work?

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It would work, but be limited by the rest of your system. I'd recommend a GTX 750 ti, as you would get very similar performance in many games, and it's cheaper and less power hunger. That ram is definitely a limiting factor, so don't expept to be playing the latest games too well.

Finally, make sure you are using the x16 PCIE slot (which newegg says is the blue one).
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It would work, but be limited by the rest of your system. I'd recommend a GTX 750 ti, as you would get very similar performance in many games, and it's cheaper and less power hunger. That ram is definitely a limiting factor, so don't expept to be playing the latest games too well.

Finally, make sure you are using the x16 PCIE slot (which newegg says is the blue one).
 
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yeah, it will work, but severely bottleneck between your processor and graphic card.

But, if you wanna upgrade your system (mobo+proc+mem) near in the future, then grab the 960.
But if not, well, like Jon said..just get the 750Ti..or 260x/265/270..
 
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I am sure it will work. Always make sure your bios is up to date before upgrading hardware. I have had problems countless times while upgrading hardware just because I forget to update the bios. People seem to think having ddr2 ram bottlenecks your system, but thats bs. There is only about a 1-4 fps difference between ddr2 and ddr3 ram in modern games from my experience. Ram speed does not determine how well a game runs. (amount of ram is a different story of course) Thats the cpu and gpus job.

Your board does support the q9000 series quad cores, therefore, you should seriously think about upgrading to something like a q9550. There is quite a large performance difference between that and your q6700 and It would definitely go well with your gtx 960. You can usually find them for 50-70$ on ebay.

q9550: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Core-Q9550-2-83GHz-CPU-Processor-SLB8V-/221698838123?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339e47ce6b

Bios update page: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5KEWIFIAP/HelpDesk_Download/
 
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