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    Nvidia drivers download page - 300M series

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by josmol, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. josmol

    josmol Notebook Consultant

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    Just went to check Nvidia's site for new drivers (nothing yet) but they have a section up for driver downloads for the GeForce 300M Series. Specific chips listed are GTS 360M, GT 335M, GT 330M, 310M, 305M.

    Must be soon? Haven't heard anything beyond this (when, who, etc.)
     
    josmol, Oct 27, 2009
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The GTS 350M was also leaked with those a while back. Just like the mobility 5xxx series, not much info is known. But if I had to hazard a guess, I wouldn't be surprised if these didn't surface in orderable notebooks until Q3 2010. They'll probably be announced w/ specs sometime in the next few months.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 27, 2009
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  3. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    What surprises me is that they would list the mobile cards first before the desktop versions, when the mobile ones come out months after the desktop counterparts. :confused:
     
    Rahul, Oct 27, 2009
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    justinkw1 Notebook Virtuoso

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    There seems to be more and more evidence that the GeForce 300M series may be announced before the desktop 300 series at this point.

    Driver versions 186.82 and 186.91 already contain support for the 300M series, and several OEMs already have drivers too that support some of the 300M products. It's only a matter of time now. :D
     
    justinkw1, Oct 27, 2009
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  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The real question is what architecture is being used. I somehow doubt it will use the GT300 technology since the desktop variants haven't even been announced officially. If anything, they'll just be rebadged versions of current GPUs. Like their "GTX 260/280M" (G92b core).
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 27, 2009
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  6. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Maybe Nvidia remade their high end notebook cards with DirectX 10.1 support?

    But if this is a Dx11 gpu based on the Nvidia Fermi design this would be awesome!
    (Still think AMD will beat Nvidia with releasing Dx11 notebook cards)
     
    DEagleson, Oct 27, 2009
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  7. BrandonSi

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    Well, it's not there anymore!
     
    BrandonSi, Oct 27, 2009
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    My bet is the 300M cards are a rebadge of the 40nm DX10.1 GPUs that just came out in June....which were based on smaller-scale G200 tech.

    [​IMG]

    Maybe with higher clocks and hopefully added DX11 support.
     
    Phinagle, Oct 27, 2009
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