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hardware canucks CES coverage is made possible by our partner nvidia it is also made possible thanks to corsair phanteks and NCIX so virtual reality is a big thing at CES this year and EVGA will be releasing a VR edition of the GTX 980 TI which is an interesting direction because oculus is not starting to ship until May and the HTC vive is still a few months out many are actually speculating the release of Pascal right in time will receive the first batch of the oculus consumer version so we'll see how that plays out the VR edition of the 980 TI features an HDMI port on the end of the PCB which connects to a dedicated hub that's mountable inside a single 5 in the quarter inch drive bay with a single HDMI port and dual USB 3.1 ports that connect to your motherboard via a standard 19 pin connection this way you can plug in your VR headset directly at the front of your computer which is very convenient but the consumer version of the oculus will require four USB ports while the HTC vive will be okay with the two so you will still need to handle some connections behind your computer case but I think this is a very good initiative by EVGA to make a VR set up a bit more convenient let's just hope the added premium to the price will still keep the card in the attractive category