Will DMA work for me? Check your PC and game

Most desktops from the last few years take a DMA card, and most popular games have a build made for their anti-cheat. Go through these five checks in order and you'll know what to buy, or that you should ask first.

1. Your main PC

This is the PC you play on, and the card goes inside it.

• A desktop with a free PCIe slot.
  Any length works, from the short x1 up to a full x16, as long as there's room around it and your graphics card isn't covering it.
• A motherboard from roughly 2020 on.
  On AMD that's B550-era or newer, and B550 boards themselves are mixed. If yours turns out not to work, we fix it or replace it, and on the very rare occasion it still doesn't work after that, we refund you. On Intel it's the same, 2020 or newer.
• Not a laptop.
  A laptop can be your second computer, but we don't recommend one as the PC the card goes in. Can I use a DMA card with a laptop? explains both sides.

Not sure what board you have? How to find your motherboard and CPU generation takes about two minutes, and Your Main PC shows how to pick the slot.

2. Your game

Your firmware has to be made for your game's anti-cheat. Find yours in Which anti-cheat does my game use?, then find the cheapest one-time build that covers it:

The Premium tiers cover everything Advanced does with fewer people on a device, and Firmware tiers says who should pick which. MiTM is a key you renew, with a one-time entrance fee on your first key, and every customer gets their own setup.

• FACEIT. No build covers it.
• Genshin Impact. Not known yet, so ask first.
• Anything not listed. Post it on the support forum before you pay.

Is DMA detectable? covers bans and what improves your odds.

3. Your CPU

• Vanguard needs an Intel CPU on every build, MiTM included.
  If your main PC is AMD and you play VALORANT, League of Legends or 2XKO, there's no build for you until the main PC is Intel. VALORANT DMA goes through the options.
• Private needs an Intel CPU from 11th gen on.
• Everything else runs on AMD and Intel.
  That's Advanced, the Premium tiers, and MiTM for anything that isn't Vanguard.

To read your CPU, press the Windows key, type System Information and look at Processor.

4. Your card

• Buying ours.
  The GODLIKE 100T runs every build, so there's nothing to choose, and you can buy the firmware with it or later.
• Already own one from another shop.
  A 35T runs none of the builds we sell, and a 75T or 100T runs every build. For an M.2 or Thunderbolt card, ask on the forum before you buy firmware. Already own a DMA card? shows how to check your chip.

5. A second computer

The card sends what it reads to a second computer, and your software runs there, so it can't be the PC you play on. It needs 4 cores or more, 8GB of memory, a USB 3 port and Windows 10 or 11. An old office desktop or a laptop you stopped using is fine, but not a laptop for MiTM. Your Second Computer lists cheap ones, and Only have one PC? covers starting from one.

Still not sure

How much does a DMA setup cost? adds up every option. For the rest, post your motherboard, your CPU, your card if you have one, and the games you play on the support forum, and we'll tell you what fits. Or let Find my firmware pick for you.