| Feature | VIA PT890 | VIA PT880 Ultra | VIA PT880 Pro | VIA P4M900 | VIA P4M890 | VIA PM800 | VIA P4M800 Pro |
| North Bridge | |||||||
| Processor Support | Intel® Core™2 Duo, Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors | Intel® Core™2 Duo, Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors | Intel® Core™2 Duo, Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors | Intel® Core™2 Duo, Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors | Intel® Core™2 Duo, Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors | Intel® Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors | Intel® Pentium® 4 and Celeron™ processors |
| Hyper Threading Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Front Side Bus | 1066 / 800 / 533 / 400MHz | 1066 / 800 / 533 / 400MHz | 800 / 533 / 400MHz | 1066 / 800 / 533 / 400MHz | 1066 / 800 / 533 / 400MHz | 800 / 533 / 400MHz | 1066 / 800 / 533 / 400MHz |
| Bus Architecture | Asynchronous | Asynchronous | Asynchronous | Asynchronous | Asynchronous | Asynchronous | Asynchronous |
| Memory Support | StepUp™ - single Channel
DDR400/333/266 DDR2 667/533/400 SDRAM w/ECC |
StepUp™ - Dual Channel
DDR400/333/266 DDR2 533/400 SDRAM w/ECC |
StepUp™ - Dual Channel
DDR400/333/266 DDR2 533/400 SDRAM w/ECC |
StepUp™ - Single Channel
DDR400/333/266 DDR2 533/400 SDRAM w/ECC |
StepUp™ - Single Channel
DDR400/333/266 DDR2 533/400 SDRAM w/ECC |
FastStream64™ - Single Channel DDR400/333/266 SDRAM w/ECC | DDR2 533,400 DDR400/333/266 SDRAM w/ECC |
| Max. Memory | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 3GB | 2GB |
| External Graphics | PCI Express Graphics x16 |
AGP 8X/4X PCI Express x4 |
VIA Universal Graphics Interface •AGP 3.0 (AGP8X) •PCI Express |
PCI Express x16 | PCI Express x16 | AGP 8X/4X | AGP 8X/4X |
| Internal Graphics | N/A | N/A | N/A | VIA Chrome9™ IGP | VIA UniChrome™ Pro IGP | VIA UniChrome™ Pro IGP | VIA UniChrome™ Pro IGP |
| Video/Display | N/A | N/A | N/A | MPEG2 decoder HDTV output | MPEG2 decoder HDTV output | MPEG2 decoder HDTV output | MPEG2 decoder HDTV output |
| North/South Bridge Link | 8X V-Link (533MB/s) | Ultra V-Link (1066MB/sec) | Ultra V-Link (1066MB/sec) | 8X V-Link (533MB/s) |
8X V-Link (533MB/s) |
Ultra V-Link (1066MB/sec) | 8X V-Link (533MB/s) |
*RAID Level 0+1 requires four Serial ATA drives; support for the two additional drives can only be implemented with two external Serial ATA ports enabled through a SATALite PHY. |