Quote Originally Posted by Bun_Vivant View Post
Anyone who has to upgrade their PC is either running a pretty old PC or shooting for high frame rates and/or high resolution.

For example, I'd been running FFXIV at 4K on an i7-6700 and a GTX1080 until recently, and it ran fine at about 60fps.
That's a 8 year old GPU and a 9 year old CPU, so of course an upgrade from that will be needed.

The new recommended specs are also for pretty old components: the i7-7700 was launched in 2017, and the GTX 2060 in 2019; and the latter was a mid-range component when it launched.
TBH a 1080 is gonna stomp a 2060, but your 6700 is going to need to be upgraded if for no other reason than windows not supporting it sometime in 2025.