| Model |
890GX Extreme3 |
880G Extreme3 |
870 Extreme3 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX | ATX |
| CPU | Socket AM3
Six-Core CPU Ready | Socket AM3
Six-Core CPU Ready | Socket AM3
Six-Core CPU Ready |
| Chipset | AMD 890GX+SB850 | AMD 880G+SB850 | AMD 870+SB850 |
| Memory | 4 x DDR3 1800(OC) | 4 x DDR3 1800(OC) | 4 x DDR3 1800(OC) |
| Expansion Slot | 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16/-/x4 | x8/x8/x4)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
3 x PCI | 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16/-/x4 | x8/x8/x4)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
3 x PCI | 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16/- | x8/x8)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
2 x PCI |
| AMD® Multi-GPU | ATI™ Quad / 3-Way / CrossFireX™ | ATI™ Quad / 3-Way / CrossFireX™ | ATI™ Quad / CrossFireX™ |
| Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 4290
Multi VGA: D-Sub / DVI-D / HDMI | AMD Radeon HD 4250
Multi VGA: D-Sub / DVI-D / HDMI | n/a |
| Audio | 7.1 CH HD (VIA® VT2020) | 7.1 CH HD (VIA® VT2020) | 7.1 CH HD (Realtek ALC892) |
| Lan | Gigabit LAN | Gigabit LAN | Gigabit LAN |
| SATA3 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| USB 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| All Solid Capacitor design |  | | |
| Turbo UCC | | | |
| Turbo 50 | | | |
| Premium Blu-ray | | | |
| SidePort Memory | | | |
| Smart Switch | | | |
| Dr. Debug | | | |
| ErP Ready | | | |
| OC Tuner | | | |
| IES | | | |
| Instant Boot | | | |
| Instant Flash | | | |
| OC DNA | | | |
