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).
| Release date | November 27, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Codename | GT21x |
| Architecture | Tesla |
| Models | GeForce series
|
| Transistors | 260M 40 nm (GT218)
|
| Cards | |
| Entry-level | 310 315 GT 320 GT 330 |
| Mid-range | GT 340 |
| API support | |
| DirectX | Direct3D 10.1 Shader Model 4.1 |
| OpenCL | OpenCL 1.1 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 3.3 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | GeForce 9 series |
| Variant | GeForce 200 series |
| Successor | GeForce 400 series |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
History
editOn 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.[1]
On February 2, 2010, Nvidia announced the release of the GeForce GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340, available to OEMs only.[2] 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).[2]
Chipset table
edit| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Transistors (million) | Die size (mm2) | Bus interface | Core config[a] | Clock rate | Fillrate | Memory configuration | Processing power (GFLOPS)[b] | 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 | GT218 | TSMC 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[3] | GT215-301-A3[4] | 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. | |||||||
| G92[5] | 500 | 1250 | 4.000 | 24.00 | 256 | 51.20 | 256 | 240.0 | |||||||||||
| G92B[6] | 96:32:16 | 8.000 | 1024 | 16.32 | DDR2 | 128 | |||||||||||||
| GeForce GT 340 | GT215 | 96:32:8 | 550 | 1340 | 3400 | 512 1024 |
54.4 | GDDR5[7] | 128 | 257.3 | 69 | OEM Card, similar to GT240 | |||||||
- ^ Unified shaders: texture mapping units: render output units
- ^ To calculate the processing power see Tesla (microarchitecture)#Performance.
Discontinued support
editNvidia ceased driver support for the GeForce 300 series on April 1, 2016.[8]
- Windows XP 32-bit & Media Center Edition: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; Download
- Windows XP 64-bit: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; Download
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Windows 10, 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
- Windows 10, 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NVIDIA kicks off GeForce 300-series range with GeForce 310". November 27, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ^ a b NVIDIA Launches GeForce GT 340, GT 330 and GT 320 - Softpedia News, February 22, 2010.
- ^ "Nvidia GeForce GT 330 OEM | techPowerUp GPU Database". Techpowerup.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "GeForce GT 340 OEM | GeForce". Nvidia.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "EOL Windows driver support for legacy products". Retrieved March 17, 2016.