The GeForce 300 series is a series of Tesla-based graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, first released in November 2009. Its cards are rebrands of the GeForce 200 series cards, available only for OEMs. All GPUs of the series support Direct3D 10.1, except the GT 330 (Direct3D 10.0).
History On November 27, 2009, Nvidia released its first GeForce 300 series video card, the GeForce 310. However, this card is a re-brand of one of Nvidia's older models (the GeForce 210) and not based on the newer Fermi architecture.
On February 2, 2010, Nvidia announced the release of the GeForce GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340, available to OEMs only.NVIDIA Launches GeForce GT 340, GT 330 and GT 320 - Softpedia News, February 22, 2010. The Geforce GT 340 is simply a rebadged GT 240, sharing exactly the same specifications, while the GT 320 and 330 were newer cards (albeit still based on the previous generation GT200b and G92b architecture).
The GeForce GT 340, holds a unique position in the history of graphics cards due to its relative rarity. Released primarily for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), the GT 340 wasn't widely available to general consumers, making it less common in the mainstream market. One intriguing aspect of the GT 340 is its unofficial rebranding by some enthusiasts. These modders took the original GT 340, enhanced its cooling capabilities, modified the BIOS, and overclocked it, creating what they termed the "GTX 340." This variant, although unofficial, became even rarer than the original due to its limited production and unique modifications.
Chipset table GeForce 300 (3xx) series A table of desktop graphics card products is given below.
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Transistors (million) Die size (mm2) Bus interface Core config Clock rate Fillrate Memory configuration Processing power (GFLOPS) TDP (Watts) Comments Core (MHz) Shader (MHz) Memory (MHz) Pixel (GP/s) Texture (GT/s) Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) DRAM type Bus width (bit) Single precision GeForce 310 November 27, 2009 GT218TSMC 40 nm 260 57 PCIe 2.0 x16 16:8:4 589 1402 1000 2.356 4.712 512 8 DDR2 64 44.8 30.5 OEM Card, similar to Geforce 210 GeForce 315 February 2010 GT216 486 100 48:16:4 475 1100 1580 3.8 7.6 512 12.6 DDR3 105.6 33 OEM Card, similar to Geforce GT220 GeForce GT 320 GT215 727 144 72:24:8 540 1302 4.32 12.96 1024 25.3 GDDR3 128 187.5 43 OEM Card GeForce GT 330 GT215-301-A3 96:32:8 550 1350 4.40 17.60 512 32.00 128 257.3 75 Specifications vary depending on OEM, similar to GT230 v2. G925001250 4.00024.00 256 51.20 256240.0 G92B 96:32:16 8.000 1024 16.32 DDR2 128 GeForce GT 340 GT215 96:32:8 550 1340 3400 5121024 54.4 GDDR5 128 257.3 69 OEM Card, similar to GT240
GeForce 300M (3xxM) series A table of notebook graphics card products and notebook integrated graphics is given below.
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Bus interface Clock speed Core config MemoryFillrate Processing power (GFLOPS) Supported API version TDP (Watts) Core (MHz) Shader (MHz) Memory (MHz) Size (MiB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit)Pixel (GP/s)Texture (GT/s) Direct3D OpenGL GeForce 305M January 10, 2010 GT218 40 PCIe 2.0 x16 525 1150 1400 16:8:4 512 11.2 DDR3GDDR3 642.14.2 55 10.1 3.3 14 GeForce 310M 625 1530 1600 12.82.55 73 GeForce 315M January 5, 2011 606 12122.424.85 58.18 GeForce 320M April 1, 2010 MCP89 450 950 1066 48:16:8 256 (shared w/ system memory) 17.056 DDR3 1283.67.2 136.8 20 GeForce GT 320M January 21, 2010 GT216 500 1100 1580 24:8:8 1024 25.3 DDR3GDDR344 90 14 GeForce GT 325M January 10, 2010 450 990 1600 48:16:8 25.63.67.2 142 23 GeForce GT 330M 575 12654.69.2 182 GeForce GT 335M January 7, 2010 GT215 450 1080 72:24:83.610.8 233 28? GeForce GTS 350M 500 1249 3200 96:32:8 51.2 DDR3GDDR3GDDR5416 360 28 GeForce GTS 360M 1436 3600 57.64.417.6 413 38
Support Nvidia ceased driver support for the GeForce 300 series on April 1, 2016.
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See also GeForce 8 series GeForce 9 series GeForce 100 series GeForce 200 series GeForce 400 series GeForce 500 series GeForce 600 series Nvidia Quadro Nvidia Tesla
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