geforce 300 series

[SpringWater]

Why aren't there any high end geforce 300 series cards? Why did nvidia "abandon" the 300 series ?

 

[jonnyp11]

I want to say it wan an OEM only version, not a true retail card series, but it was before i got into this so idk

 

[voyagerfan99]

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.[1]

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.[2][3][4][5]

Later that month the company announced the release of the GeForce GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340, available to OEMs only.[6] 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).[6]

That's why.

 

[SpringWater]

That's why.

That's what I red on wikipedia too, but I still don't understand why didn't they call them gtx 370 and gtx 380 or something...

 

[voyagerfan99]

Because they were just rebranded 2xx series cards that were sold to OEM's. They jumped directly to the 4xx series cards for retail and consumer purchase.

 

[Darren]

Then how did my brother get a GTX 360 on his laptop? Is it a rebranded GTX 260 mobile card?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Then how did my brother get a GTX 360 on his laptop? Is it a rebranded GTX 260 mobile card?

Yes sir.