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GeForce 300 series
Cards
Release date	November 27, 2009; 15 years ago (November 27, 2009)
Codename	GT21x
Architecture	Tesla
Models	GeForce series GeForce GT series
Transistors	260M 40 nm (GT218) 486M 40 nm (GT216) 727M 40 nm (GT215) 754M 40 nm (GT215-301)
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

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. 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).

Chipset table

Model	Launch	Code name	Fab (nm)	Transistors (million)	Die size (mm)	Bus interface	Core config	Clock rate			Fillrate		Memory configuration				Processing power (GFLOPS)	TDP (Watts)	Comments
Model	Launch	Code name	Fab (nm)	Transistors (million)	Die size (mm)	Bus interface	Core config	Core (MHz)	Shader (MHz)	Memory (MHz)	Pixel (GP/s)	Texture (GT/s)	Size (MB)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	DRAM type	Bus width (bit)	Single precision	TDP (Watts)	Comments
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	64	105.6	33	OEM Card, similar to Geforce GT220
GeForce GT 320		GT215		727	144		72:24:8	540	1302	1580	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.
		G92					96:32:8	500	1250		4.000	24.00	256	51.20		256	240.0
		G92B					96:32:16	500	1250		8.000	24.00	1024	16.32	DDR2	128	240.0
GeForce GT 340		GT215					96:32:8	550	1340	3400			512 1024	54.4	GDDR5	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

Nvidia ceased driver support for the GeForce 300 series on April 1, 2016.

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

References

"NVIDIA kicks off GeForce 300-series range with GeForce 310". November 27, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
^ 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.

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