Hardware
Layout
After examining the Stealth V2 Cooler, I have noticed that it is made up of one Lasagna
Slim Cooler fan which is mounted on a thin metal plate uniquely designed to cover all
three major chips of the V2 chipset (2 TMUs and 1 FBI) to more efficiently remove of the
excess heat. The plate sticks to the three chips via a special adhesive layer which
transfers heat quite well. This adhesive does not stick to your hands but will bond with
the chips surface very well. In addition, the height of the Stealth V2 cooler is
about 10mm high and the entire device is black. (Like a real Stealth Fighter)
Check out the side view - slim or what? :
Features
On contact thermal dissipation, ultra slim design, and the amazing ball bearing Lasagna
cooler are what makes this voodoo2 cooler the best one around. The Lasagna X cooler itself
is an amazing device. It is an integrated low profile fan/sink cooler which is a
patented technology owned by TennMax. This fan did not produce any audible noises at
all. Nevertheless, according to TennMax, "this unique cooler, by itself, can
effectively cool a single microprocessor of 25 Watts of power." Overclockers - a must
get!
Installation
Installation? What installation? It is very simple to install one of these babies. Just
make sure you read the instructions which come with the fan. All I did was, clean the
three chip's surface with rubbing alcohol, while the chips were drying, I started to peel
off the yellowish white protective covers on the special adhesive then placed the Stealth
V2 cooler perfectly over the three chips (2 TMUs and 1 FBI), and finally, pressed on it
firmly all over (except on the fan) for at least ten seconds.
 
Before-------------------------After
The thin metal plate covers all three Voodoo 2 chipset.
Benchmarks
| System Configuration
#1: |
System Configuration #2 |
- AMD K6 250MHz
(83Mhz Bus x Clock Multiplier of 3)
- ASUS TX97-E Motherboard
- 64 MB SDRAM
- Diamond Monster II 12MB
(July 20th Reference Drivers)
- Sound Blaster AWE64
- Matrox Millenium 4 MB WRAM
- Pioneer 32X CD-ROM Drive
- Quantum Fireball ST 2.1 GIG UDMA HD
- WD Caviar 3.1 GIG HD
- Microsoft Windows 98
|
- Pentium II 300 MHz
- AOpen AX6BC Motherboard
- 64 MB PC-100 SDRAM
- Diamond Monster II 12MB
(Sept 1st Monster II Drivers)
- Sound Blaster AWE64
- Matrox Millenium G200
- Pioneer 32X CD-ROM Drive
- Quantum 2.1 gig UDMA/33 IDE
- Fujitsu 3.5 gig UDMA/33 IDE
- Seagate 2.5 gig UDMA/33 IDE
- Microsoft Windows 98
|
Using System #1:
| Game |
90MHz |
95MHz |
100MHz |
105MHz |
110MHz |
% Increase 90-110MHz |
| Forsaken (640x480) Biodome |
92.3 |
93.2 |
101.5 |
106.6 |
109.2 |
18.3% |
| Forsaken (800x600) Biodome |
87.2 |
95.5 |
94.9 |
98.1 |
101.3 |
16.2% |
| Quake II 3.17 (640x480) demo1 |
27.9 |
28.2 |
31.3 |
31.8 |
32.1 |
15.1% |
| Quake II 3.17 (800x600) demo1 |
29.2 |
29.7 |
29.1 |
30.2 |
32.4 |
10.9% |
| Unreal (640x480) timedemo 0.2 |
25.9 |
26.1 |
25.9 |
27.3 |
28.1 |
8.4% |
| Unreal (800x600) timedemo 0.2 |
23.9 |
24.1 |
24.7 |
25.4 |
26.1 |
9.2% |
Using System #2
| Game |
90MHz |
95MHz |
100MHz |
105MHz |
110MHz |
% Increase 90-110MHz |
| Forsaken (640x480) Biodome |
116.2 |
127.5 |
129.2 |
146.2 |
150.2 |
29.2% |
| Forsaken (800x600) Biodome |
101.2 |
106.2 |
118.9 |
117.2 |
122.3 |
20.8% |
| Quake II 3.17 (640x480) demo1 |
73.2 |
75.9 |
74.3 |
77.1 |
80.5 |
10.0% |
| Quake II 3.17 (800x600) demo1 |
57.2 |
59.2 |
64.2 |
66.7 |
67.2 |
17.9% |
| Unreal (640x480) timedemo 0.2 |
39.7 |
42.5 |
43.9 |
45.2 |
46.6 |
17.3% |
| Unreal (800x600) timedemo 0.2 |
33.2 |
33.1 |
34.7 |
36.2 |
38.1 |
14.8% |
(SLI
Benchmarks with two Stealth V2's coming soon)
Rating
Area
Price
Fan Construction
Installation
Noise Level
Overclocked V2 Stability
Overall |
Score
95
100
98
99
97
97.8 |
Conclusion
The TennMax Stealth V2 Cooler is absolutely amazing. Everything about this
heatsink/fan system makes you say WOW. The unique and innovative design works
flawlessly in practice. The construction and quality of the cooler is outstanding.
The patented Lasagna heatsink/fan combo mounted on the Stealth plate is slim,
efficient and very quiet. You couldn't ask for anything more. We were able to get
our Diamond Monster 3D II's up to 110MHz with only a few minor crashes after extensive
play. 105MHz worked flawlessly. You can see by the above benchmarks how much
overclocking can increase performance, especially on higher end systems. We would
love to try this on a P2 450MHz. After all has been said and done, If you want the
best, then this is the cooler to get for your voodoo2. If you want to overclock or
just remove heat from your voodoo2 to make it more stable, this is a great choice. The
Stealth V2 Cooler gets our first Hardware Pros Seal of Approval. 
Visit TennMax to order one
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