DMA vs software cheats: what actually changes

A software cheat runs on the PC you play on. With DMA, a card in that PC reads its memory and a second computer runs the cheat. Nothing of ours is installed on the PC you play on. You can still get banned.

Internal, external and DMA

• Internal.
  The cheat puts its own code inside the game's process and works from in there.
• External.
  A separate program on the same PC reads the game's memory from outside the game's process.
• DMA.
  A DMA card in the game PC reads memory over the PCIe slot and sends it over a USB cable to a second computer. That computer runs the software.

Internal and external both run on the same PC as the game, and so does the anti-cheat. Most big anti-cheats run a kernel driver. That's the part that runs deep inside Windows and watches processes, drivers and the game's memory on that PC. With DMA there's no cheat program on it to find.

What does not change

• Your account can still be banned.
  The account is what gets banned, whatever the cheat runs on.
• Firmware can be detected.
  Our firmware is undetected, but any build can be detected at any time. Anti-cheats check the devices in your PC, and some checks go after DMA cards in general. Is DMA detectable? explains how.
• How you play still shows.
  Stats, reports and replays catch blatant play no matter what it runs on.
• The aim device is input too.
  Anything that moves your mouse moves it on the game PC, where it can be looked at.

Hardware bans

Some shops sell DMA as "no HWID bans". That's not true.

• A hardware ban is aimed at the PC that got caught.
  It uses identifiers from that machine, like its drives and motherboard.
• The game still runs on your main PC.
  A DMA card doesn't change that PC's identifiers, so a hardware ban can still hit it.
• An old ban doesn't go away.
  If your main PC already has a hardware ban from a software cheat, adding a card doesn't lift it.
• Games are putting more into hardware bans.
  PUBG says it's making hardware bans and ban-evasion detection stronger in 2026.

What you take on

• The cost up front.
  A card, firmware, a second computer and usually an aim device, then software on top. How much does a DMA setup cost? adds it all up.
• A second computer.
  It doesn't need to be powerful, but it needs its own space, power and a screen.
• Setup time.
  Fitting the card, flashing the firmware and setting up the second computer is more work than installing a program.
• An aim device, if you want anything to move your mouse.
  Without one the second computer can only read. Aim devices compares MAKCU and FERRUM.
• Read speed.
  A USB 3 card like ours tops out at about 200 MB/s. A software cheat on the same PC doesn't have that limit.
• Software is still a subscription.
  You buy it from Blurred, not from us.

You pay once for the card, second computer, aim device and fuser, and they carry over if you change card. The firmware doesn't, because every build except MiTM is bound to one card's DNA ID.

What you can keep

• Your own software, if it supports the card.
  It also has to support your firmware and your aim device. Which software to get says what to check.
• Your KMBox B+ Pro setup.
  FERRUM is KMBox B+ Pro compatible, so software written for a KMBox B+ Pro works with it. MAKCU uses its own protocol.

Who should not switch

• You only have one PC and won't get a second one.
  DMA needs two computers, and a virtual machine on the same PC isn't a second computer. Only have one PC? has the cheapest way to add one.
• You only have a laptop to play on.
  We don't recommend a laptop as the main PC, and we can't help you with it. Can I use a DMA card with a laptop?
• You want a guarantee.
  Nobody can promise you won't be banned.
• You play blatant.
  Behavior gets people banned on any setup. On a shared device it hurts everyone else on it too.

If you're not sure it fits your setup or your game, ask on the support forum before you buy, or in our Discord. Which anti-cheat does my game use? is a good place to start.