NVIDIA might have something bigger and better in store for March 26, but until then it is continuing to pad out its lacklustre GeForce 300-series product range with a few seemingly-new cards based on certainly-old architecture.
This week sees the introduction of three OEM-only cards, productised as the GeForce GT 340 (pictured), GeForce GT 330 and GeForce GT 320.
Now seated at the top of the GeForce 300-series range, the GT 340 comes equipped with a GPU clocked at 550MHz, 512MB/1GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at an effective 3,400MHz and 96 stream processors set to run at 1,340MHz. As far as we can tell, that makes it a rebranded GeForce GT 240 - a 40nm DirectX 10.1 card dating back to November 2009.
Slotting in below that is the GeForce GT 330, which surprisingly is a DirectX 10 card - built, presumably, on the old 55nm fab. The card's specification will vary, but it'll feature a GPU clocked at 550MHz, 1GB/2GB of either DDR2 or DDR3 memory hooked up via a 128/192/256-bit interface, and either 96 or 112 processor cores clocked at up to 1,340MHz. It appears to take its heritage from the 9-series line, and comes across as a mash up between the GeForce 9600 GSO and GeForce 9800 GT.
Further down the scale, the GeForce GT 320 returns to DirectX 10.1 and GT200 roots, featuring a 540MHz core, 1GB of memory clocked at an effective 1,580MHz and an unusual 72 stream processors clocked at 1,302MHz. Seems like a new take on old tech.
NVIDIA's three "new" introductions join the GeForce 310 (a rebranded GeForce 210) and the GeForce 315 (a rebranded GeForce GT 220) as part of the GeForce 300-series range. Although currently available only to OEMs, history suggests the GeForce GT 340, 330 and 320 may one day become available at retail.
Earlier this month, HEXUS.community member Biscuit asked "who wants to put money on the full 2xx series being rebadged into the 3xx series?". Anybody still willing to wager a bet?
