-=[ Nintendo Wii Modchip Comparison Chart ]=-
updated 02-06-08

upgradable chips features may change without notice

Features
D2Pro
Argon
Infectus
D2CKey
Wiinja
Cyclowiz
WiiKey
Wiibuster
Wiinja Deluxe
WI-IC
WiiMod
WiiD
WiiRez
Awiier
Awiier2
WiiBet2
WiiM
Direct Boot of Backups (Wii/GC)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Direct Boot of Homebrew*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Region Free (Wii) NTSC on PAL
Yes(3)
Yes(3)
n/a
Yes(3)
No
Yes(3)
Yes(3)
No
Yes(3)
Yes(3)
Yes(5)
Yes(3)
Yes(3)
No
No
n/a
Yes(3)
Region Free (Wii) PAL on NTSC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
n/a
Yes
Region Free (GC) NTSC on PAL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes(5)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
n/a
Yes
Access Speed
6x
6x
6x
6x
6x
< 6x
6x
n/a
6x
n/a
n/a
6x
6x
< 6x
< 6x
n/a
6x
Audio Fix
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
n/a
n/a
Yes
Yes
DVD-R Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DVD+R Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
n/a
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
n/a
Yes
DVD+RW
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
n/a
n/a
Yes
Yes
No
No
n/a
Yes
Stealth Mode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Homebrew Support**
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Disable Chip Feature
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
Yes
Upgradable via DVD
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes(2)
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
n/a
Yes
External Programmer
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Failsafe Update
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
n/a
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
n/a
Yes
Yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
No
Wired or QuickSolder
Wired
Wired
Wired
Wired
Wired
Quick(1)
Quick(1)
Wired
Quick(1)
Quick(1)
Wired
Quick(1)
Quick(1)
Wired
Wired
Quick
Wired
Number of Solder Points
15-19
13-17
13
33
5
5/9(4)
6
5/6
6
5
5
5/6
5/7
6
5
5
7
D2C Support
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO

* - Requires you to create or download self booting homebrew discs.

** - You must boot homebrew from DVD, GCOS or SDLoad.

*** - Requires GCOS to boot Multi-Image Discs.

(1) Quick solder for basic install, optional wire installs for additional features.

(2) CycloWiz v1 is not upgradable via DVD, but v2 is (v2 comes in an ESD bag with a printed logo on it).

(3) Works for 50% of the Games.

(4) Four optional wires for chip disable and upgrading by DVD can be soldered.

(5) Requires swapping discs.


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