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The latter the is your best option, it is actually a lot simpler to clean, remove and re-apply good thermal paste. It is also a lot better than twisting until you think that it is properly seated and hope for the best. Also, don't use the business card method or anything like that. Look at this

If you have a Z77 Mobo really take advantage of the SSD Caching (or look into it first), that will help out a game after playing it for a long time. The next time you start it up it will just load things that are not dependent on the CPU/GPU so much faster

From experience it does not, the things that you mentioned are what really improve. However the best and most cost effective way to increase game speeds is with SSD Caching. (Not talking about frames)

In the end we agreeded with the Asus Board. Thank everyone for all of your help.

Do you have any other games to test this card with? If other games run just like they should, then maybe we can rule out hardware issues.

Everything seems to be coming along really well. Now the biggest issue is choosing between the two recommended motherboards. (Gigabyte or Asus). As always your suggestions are always welcome. My question is, why should I go with one board over the other? ASUS Pros: -HDMI (preferred way of...

Check to see if your drivers are in order. In that time a driver or two may have been released, and your own drivers may be out of date or corrupt. It's worth a try.

Good early morning, (as I write this). My friend and I have collaborated on a first time build for him. It is a Haswell build and am looking for some feedback on the components that we have chosen. Nothing is set in stone, but he really has his heart set on the 4670K. We were coming up with...

Keep your current CPU.