Apart from the so-called 'Gladiator', a FX variant that also doubles as room-heating due to its 220 Watt tdp there been frightfully little news from the AM3+ front.
The sole -AFAIK- PCIe 3.0 supporting AM3+ mobo, the ASUS 990FX/Gen3 R2.0 Sabertooth, has even been withdrawn from the market here as far as I can tell!
So AMD seems to be laying all its eggs in the APU basket, at least where we crunchers are concerned. How's things there? Do we see improvement over the various iterations of the platform(s)?
Let's take a look at the top models of each of the manufacturers for the FM1, FM2 and FM2+ boards. For a quicky I stick now to the ATX and μATX boards, more (e.g. ECS) to come!
As there is a max of 15 pictures I might have to break up the article per manufacturer later when I add iTX boards, as I want clickable thumbnails of the various boards to go with the article. As it is all entries have a clickable link (apart from the FM2+ μATX MSI board as that page does not exists yet -but I have the future url)
Format Model Socket Chipset PCIe x16 Slots Crossfire/SLI Max RAM VRM phases Video out Audio WiFi Bluetooth eSATA FireWire ATX FM1 A75 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 2400MHz 8+2 D-Sub, DVI-D
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes Yes ATX FM2 A85X 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2600MHz 8+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC898 No No Yes No ATX FM2+ A88X 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2600MHz 8+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC1150 No No Yes No μATX FM1 A75 16 up to dual CrossfireX,
no SLI 16GB,
up to 2400MHz n.a. D-Sub and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No μATX FM2 A85X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2600MHz 4+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes No μATX FM2+ A88X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2600MHz 4+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No
Format Model Socket Chipset PCIe x16 Slots Crossfire/SLI Max RAM VRM phases Video out Audio WiFi Bluetooth eSATA FireWire ATX FM1 A75 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2250MHz 6+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes No ATX FM2 A85X 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 6+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes No ATX FM2+ A88X 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 6+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC1150 No No Yes, 2 No μATX FM1 A75 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2250MHz 4+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No μATX FM2 A85X 16-0 or
8-8 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 4+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes No μATX FM2+ A88X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 4+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC887 No No No No
Format Model Socket Chipset PCIe x16 Slots Crossfire/SLI Max RAM VRM phases Video out Audio WiFi Bluetooth eSATA FireWire ATX FM1 A75 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 2000MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No ATX FM2 A85X 16-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 8+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC898 No No No No ATX FM2+ A88X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2600MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No μATX FM1 A75 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 2000MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No μATX FM2 A85X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 2400MHz 4+1 D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No μATX FM2+ A88X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 2600MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No
Format Model Socket Chipset PCIe x16 Slots Crossfire/SLI Max RAM VRM phases Video out Audio WiFi Bluetooth eSATA FireWire ATX FM1 A75 16-8 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 8+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC889 No No Yes Yes ATX FM2 A85X 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 6+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes Yes ATX FM2+ A88X 16-0-4 or
8-8-4 up to quad CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz 6+2 D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No Yes No μATX FM1 A75 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC889 No No Yes Internal μATX FM2 A85X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC887 No No No No μATX FM2+ A88X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2400MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC887 No No No No
Format Model Socket Chipset PCIe x16 Slots Crossfire/SLI Max RAM VRM phases Video out Audio WiFi Bluetooth eSATA FireWire ATX FM1 A75 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 1866MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No ATX FM2 A85X 16-0 or
8-8 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 2133MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
HDMI and DisplayPort 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No ATX FM2+ A88X 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 64GB,
up to 2133MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC892 No No No No μATX FM1 A75 16-4 up to triple CrossfireX,
no SLI 32GB,
up to 1866MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC887 No No No No μATX FM2 A85X 16 up to dual CrossfireX,
no SLI 16GB,
up to 2133MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI 7.1
Realtek ALC887 No No No No μATX FM2+ A88X n.a. up to at least dual CrossfireX,
no SLI n.a.
up to 2133MHz n.a. D-Sub, DVI-D,
and HDMI n.a. No No No No