Video Cards

After going completely crazy with the rest of the build, there weren’t very many options for video cards. At least not until AMD launches Vega. I would have gone with a new Titan X, but I don’t actually have one. I did, however, have our Founders Edition GTX 1080 from that launch so I reached out to Nvidia and they sent over a second GTX 1080 for the build. I really wanted to stick with the Founders Edition cards because of the compact design of the case, the blower design helps keep the heat from the video cards out of the case as much as possible. With a larger case this wouldn’t be a concern, but with just two intake fans and two GTX 1080’s, I didn’t want to warm things up. Nvidia also sent over one of their matching HB Bridges as well that looks great with their cards.

The dual GTX 1080 configuration also best fits the monitor setup that the Crush will be using. It will be hooked up to a 4k G-Sync display for the main monitor and then three 1440p monitors in a 3+1 configuration. To push 4k properly the GTX 1080s were really the only choice, especially with all of that extra real estate to display on as well.