What mod chips are good

[RockBox]

Personally, I think the Messiah 2 pro is overrated. It has the same feature set as many other chips (including the Duos) but is supposed to be harder to install. I think it's more of a name recognition thing- people like Messiah because it's Messiah.

If you want something easy and just need to play your backups, I think Duo/Duo2 is what'd be best.

For top-of the line chips with a lot of features, you have DMS3 and Matrix Infinity. They're both great, but the Infinity has auto-boot; it figures out what kind of media you but in and boots in the right mode automatically. So, I'd say that for a high-end chip, the Infinity is the way.