Palit definitely tried to cost down the thermal solution—we measured temperatures of 70°C, which is definitely good, but at 38 dBA, noise output is way too high. It seems Palit focused on achieving low temperatures very much, beyond the most balanced operating point for the heatsink.

Palit's Dual OC dresses those agreeable ingredients in a simple, all-black cooler whose fans and oversized heatsink have no issues maintaining decent boost clocks with comfortable under-load temps.