NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 highlights introduction of 300-series cards with GT320, GT330 are powerful enough to matter

NVIDIA has just debuted a new line of entry-level GeForce 300-seriesgraphics cards without much pomp and circumstance. Why all the secrecy? Well, they’re not really all that much different than previous models.

The new series consists of the GeForce GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340(pictured above). However, the trio appear to be OEM-only and are being accused of just refashioned GT 200-series cards.

Here’s the specs on the new cards, and you can decide for yourself.

GT 320 72 CUDA processing cores, 1GB of RAM, 540MHz GPU, 1,302MHz processor speed. GT 330, 96 or 112 CUDA processing cores, 128-bit, 192-bit or 256-bit memory interface, Up to 2GB of DDR2 or DDR3 memory, 550MHz GPU, 1,340MHz processor speed. GT 340, 96 CUDA processing cores, 512MB or 1GB of GDDR3 memory, 1,340MHz processor speed, 550MHz GPU, Connectivity: DVI, VGA, HDMI.