Palit's GTX 780 Super JetStream comes with one of the highest out-of-the-box clock speeds available on the market. Unlike many other cards, the memory has also been overclocked, though only by a small amount, but every bit helps. We found the Super JetStream to overtake NVIDIA's flagship GTX Titan by roughly 2% in real-life performance. The difference in performance reaches almost 10% if compared to the GTX 780 reference design, which is quite a good improvement.
Palit's large triple-fan, triple-slot cooler never struggled to keep the card cool, but I expected slightly better performance and less noise output considering it takes up three slots. Idle and gaming noise levels are similar to the GTX 780 reference design, which isn't noisy at all, but "improved cooler" also implies less noise to me. Palit's cooler mostly uses plastic instead of metal, but this also makes the card cheaper overall.
Overclocking on our sample worked well and reached good clock frequencies that are on the upper end of the spectrum for typical GTX 780 overclocks. Palit's GTX 780 uses Samsung memory, which overclocks around 100 MHz better than the Elpida chips used on the MSI Lightning or EVGA Classified. Palit has also added a few voltage measurement points near the back of the card for extreme overclockers, and you will find two solder pads for variable resistors on the PCB, which makes voltmodding extra easy.
The biggest selling point of the Palit GTX 780 Super JetStream is certainly its competitive price. It is available online for €560, which is cheaper than many reference designs from other manufacturers, making it one of the cheapest GTX 780s on the market—despite the large overclock out of the box. Palit products are unfortunately not available in the United States, but they are easy to find in European and Asian markets. If you are looking for an affordable GTX 780 that makes good use of the GPU's overclocking potential out of the box, then the Palit GTX 780 Super JetStream is definitely a card you should consider.