Quote Originally Posted by Caitlinzulu View Post
Everyone tells to get something from the 10 series geforce, well you may not be able to get it anymore but i'm using an asus laptop (a few years old) with a geforce 980M chipset and it runs ffxiv on max settings easily. So you definately dont need the latest cards.
Hiya, whilst the 980M is still a capable card, the reason why people put so much stock in the 10 series line is because it was such a substantial step forward in performance per watt as well as being a bigger leap in raw performance than you would normally expect. A very significant detail in a laptop where both heat and power are big concerns.

To put it into perspective. The 980M has a 120w TDP whereas a 1060M is a little bit quicker across the board yet has a TDP of 80w.

This is a big deal both in terms of portability and long term reliability.