Quote Originally Posted by Ash_ View Post
There honestly shouldn't be any compatibility issue upgrading from a gtx 660 to one of the newer 10 series. Basically the entire gtx 10 series is leaps and bounds above their previous older counterparts and use less energy too. If you check the benchmark thread that's buried somewhere, there are a number of people with the 1050ti and 1060 posting decent scores.
The biggest compatibility issue I could see with the 1060 or 1070 would be the PSU. However, if other specs are going to bottleneck the GPU, is it worth the money?

As for the 1050TI, it is really an excellent card for ~$150 USD.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare...-Ti/3165vs3649 - For reference.

It seems to me the 1050Ti is SLIGHTLY worse in benchmarks, and by slightly I mean literally not even noticeably. however, in gaming the 1050Ti performs better in nearly every situation, CS:GO being the only exception. Overall, the 1050Ti is a much better value, and I believe it consumes less power. It is also a small card, mini form factor, so it will fit in nearly any case. After looking at Nvidia's site, the 1050Ti has a TDW of 75W vs 120W for the 960, meaning much lower power consumption and thus heat. Addtionally, the 1050Ti has 4GB of VRAM which is great for preventing screen lag as well as supporting multi monitor set ups and multi tasking.

TL;DR - The 1050Ti is a great value for the price, and while slightly less powerful overall than the 960, it performs better in most games due to newer architecture. The 1050Ti is the better value. At 1080p, it should easily handle FFXIV at virtually any settings.