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How many of you fan boys have actually installed your own chips?
Now how many of those have actually installed more than one type and as such are qualified to comment?
Here is the Run down:
DMS is a good chip for features but...:
1) Is very unstable unless installed by an expert
2) Is upgradable but they hardly ever release upgrades so who cares
3) Is upgradable but you still have to buy different chips each time a new version comes out - i.e. see DMS3 V9/10
4) If you only care about game booting and reliability then it is not the chip for you - to expensive, and with a lot of features you will never use.
That said - if you will use the features, can afford it, and get it installed professionaly it is a damn good chip.
Matrix Infinity - Also has lots of features - some different, some missing. Is around the same price - some places more some places less.
Matrix Infinity should win out with installers as you only need to stock a single chip type for all versions. It is also upgreadable.
But again it is expensive and if all you want is pure game booting then it is over kill.
Removing Macrovision = removing the protection that stops you from playing a DVD movie in your PS2 and then copying it onto a VHS etc. Hence illegal - but so is a mod chip in most countries so...?
For pure game booting and value for money the following chips are good in the new stations:
Matrix MXL2 (V1-V10)
Apple3 (V1-V10)
BlueX-5 (V9)
SmartChip ProX5 (V9 - clone of the blue chip)
MagicV 50K (V9)
MagicV 5K6 (V10)
Older stations
DUO (V1 - V8)
Apple Pro (V1-V8)
MagicV (V1-V8)
There are a stack of others as well
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