GeForce 300 Series

GeForce 300 Series

Codename(s)	GT215, GT216, GT218, G92b?
Created in year	2009/2010
Entry-level cards	310, 315, GT 320, GT 330
Mid-range cards	GT 340
Direct3D support	10.0, Shader Model 4.0 (GT 330) 10.1, Shader Model 4.1 (310, 315, GT 320, GT 340)
OpenGL support	3.3
Predecessor	GeForce 200 Series
Successor	GeForce 400 Series

The GeForce 300 Series is a family of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia. The first card of this series was launched in November 2009. Similar to the GeForce 100 series, the GeForce 300 series consists of re-branded video cards from the previous generation available only for OEMs. With the exception of the GT 330^[1], all GPUs of the series support Direct3D 10.1.

History

On 27 November 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.^[2]

On 2 February 2010, Nvidia announced the official titles of the new generation GF100 (Fermi) cards, the GeForce GTX 470 and the GeForce GTX 480.^[3][4][5][6]

Later that month the company announced the release of the GeForce GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340, available to OEMs only.^[7] The Geforce GT 340 is simply a rebadged GT 240, sharing exactly the same specifications, while the GT 320 and 330 are new cards (albeit still based on the previous generation GT200b and G92b architecture).^[7]

See also

• Comparison table of GeForce 300 Series
• GeForce 200 Series
• GeForce 400 Series
• Nvidia Quadro
• Nvidia Tesla

References

1. ^ NVIDIA GeForce Family
2. ^ http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21369
3. ^ http://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce
4. ^ http://www.tomshardware.com/news/GeForce-GTX-470-480-Fermi,9572.html
5. ^ http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=7129
6. ^ http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?&m=179809&mpage=2
7. ^ ^{a b} NVIDIA Launches GeForce GT 340, GT 330 and GT 320 - Softpedia News, Feb 22nd 2010.