[ottoman]

People have asked this lots and the jury is still out on the subject.

it depends on what you are looking for in your modchip.

If you are really gonna use all the extra features that come with dms then ( multiregion, memcard features etc) then its a good buy but for most people they want a reliable chip that will boot everything they throw in the PS2 and for that purpose the Messiah2 has an unbeatable record.

There r also other good no swap mods (like the apple mod) that r also very reliable at booting but rationalise it to what you want the modchip to do and how easy is it to install.

I've still got a dms sat gathering dust on my shelf that spent three weeks in my version 7 before being removed in favour of M2 but hey....thats just my opinion.

Not very helpful really......Regards