VALORANT DMA: which build, and why Intel only

VALORANT, League of Legends and 2XKO all run Riot Vanguard, and two of our builds are made for it: Private and MiTM. Both need an Intel CPU in your main PC for Vanguard.

The two Vanguard builds

Both run on a 75T or 100T card, like our GODLIKE 100T, and each build's page has its price.

• Private, if you want the cheapest way in and don't need EAC.
  You share the device with other customers, with no cap on how many. It needs a 2020 or newer Intel board, with an 11th gen or newer CPU.
• MiTM, if you want Vanguard and EAC, your own setup instead of a shared device, and don't mind renewing.
  You buy a key for one, three or six months, and it's tied to your second computer instead of the card. MiTM firmware explains how it works.

On an AMD main PC

No build runs Vanguard on AMD, MiTM included. Don't buy one hoping it will. "I bought the wrong thing" isn't refunded under our terms. You have two options:

• Play games on other anti-cheats.
  Advanced and the Premium tiers run on AMD and cover EAC, BattlEye, VAC, Ricochet, ACE and EA.
• Move your main PC to Intel.
  Private needs 11th gen or newer. MiTM runs Vanguard on Intel boards from 2020 or newer.

Check your Intel CPU

Press the Windows key, type System Information, and read Processor. On Core i5, i7 and i9 chips from 10th gen on, the number after the dash starts with the generation: an i5-11400 is 11th gen and an i7-12700K is 12th. Core Ultra desktop chips are newer than 11th gen, so Private runs on them. Not sure? Post your processor on the support forum before you pay.

IOMMU and VALORANT

Vanguard can ask for IOMMU, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot and Memory Integrity to be on before a game starts, and in May 2026 Riot started requiring IOMMU on accounts using DMA devices. IOMMU and Kernel DMA Protection explains what each one is.

Private and MiTM run VALORANT with IOMMU forced on, on Intel. Advanced and Premium run Vanguard only without the IOMMU restriction, and nearly everyone has it, so they aren't the builds for VALORANT. If you use Vanguard On-Demand, ask on the support forum which build fits before you pay.

If your PC already has a Riot ban

Riot says its Vanguard restrictions can land on the account or on the PC's hardware ID. A DMA card doesn't change your main PC's identifiers, so a hardware ban already on it stays. Hardware bans has more.

The software

Blurred, the software we suggest, doesn't list VALORANT, League of Legends or 2XKO on blurred.gg. Start a topic on the forum and we'll tell you what people run for your game. Whatever you pick has to support your card and your build, and Which software says what to check.

What it costs

How much does a DMA setup cost? adds up a Private setup with a spare PC or from nothing. MiTM swaps the one-time price for a key you renew, and if you're on AMD now, an Intel CPU and board come on top.

If you aren't sure which build fits your PC, post your processor, motherboard and games on the support forum before you order <3