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Release Period	-	Jan-2010

GeForce 310M Review

GeForce 310M is an entry-class level GPU of the 300M Series released by NVIDIA in 2010. The biggest hindrance it has is the fact that it only supports DirectX up to 10.1 so DirectX 11 games aren't supported. While very demanding games like Metro 2033 are most probably unplayable even at the lowest settings, and most of the demanding games like Crysis might run with very reduced detail + resolution.
GeForce 310M does support DirectX 10.1 but since it doesn't deliver that much performance, games that use DirectX 10.1 might be mostly unplayable or only playable at the lowest settings, due to the performance level they require.
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GeForce 310M Performance Specification

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Memory Type

Memory Bandwidth

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TMUs

Texture Rate

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Open GL

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625 MHz

GT218

512 MB

800 MHz

64 Bit

GDDR3

12.8GB/sec

40nm

DX 10.1

4.1

2.1

2560x1600

14 Watts

Laptop GPU - No PSU

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Dedicated

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DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

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Best RAM Match

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GPU Features

Yes the GeForce 310M graphics card is a laptop and notebook GPU

No the GeForce 310M graphics card can NOT run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Yes the GeForce 310M graphics card is a dedicated GPU

No the GeForce 310M graphics card is NOT an integrated GPU

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laksara2013

05:47 Feb-23-2013

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i cant understand
gtx 650ti is 10% worse than gtx 560
gtx 560 is 1000% better than 310m
but gtx 650ti is 94% better than 310m

Pip

10:38 Feb-23-2013

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GTX 560 cannot be 1000% better than 310M because the max is 100% :P

Assassin1412

10:15 Feb-04-2013

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Yay 6% faster :D

raduionut09

18:34 Jun-11-2012

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on my laptop i have the 310m but it has 1024 mp ddr3, a slightly better than the 512mnb version.

Tero

17:48 Jun-12-2012

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Samsung Galaxy SIII

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I really don't think more VRAM with this GPU makes any difference since it's memory bus is only 64bit...

pointblank09

10:07 Feb-04-2013

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lol

xavierewan

19:16 May-28-2012

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can run any game thats up to date i personal test

09:25 Jun-15-2012

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i know right games always say i cant run it with this but they run great

kaveeshacat

11:46 Nov-15-2011

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My GFX is geforce 310m 1242mb turbocache.Pretty good.atleast i played bf3 smoothly on low.

icerink239

13:43 Aug-18-2012

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PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU RUN BF3 SMOOTHLY AND IN WHAT SETTINGS! I HAVE A NICER GRAPHICS CARD (4% faster) BUT IT LAGS AT LOWEST RESOLUTION AND TELL ME WHAT SPECIFIC SETTINGS THANKS lol

icerink239

12:52 Jan-29-2013

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nevermind i already got the latest patch and drivers and the game runs well without using gamebooster or something like that
oh and what resolution are you playing?

qwertio

08:16 Apr-20-2011

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I was wondering why the specs are different. It is much powerful in the website. http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_310m_us.html

that the memory speed is 800mhz, and memory is up to 1GB

Felix

10:51 Oct-26-2010

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Thanks TCMMG2010. We have updated this now. Most helpful.

TCMMG2010

05:25 Oct-25-2010

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512MB GDDR3 dedicated memory + up to 1755MB shared memory w/NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology. My Toshiba has a VGA and HDMI connection (what the call HDMI-CEC (Regza Link™)) It does not have a DVI connnection. I am not sure about any other laptops but the Toshiba A505 S6033. EDIT: I forgot one thing it does run DX11.0