To show the importance of faster ram I conducted these quick tests: 16GB of G.SKIll memory ( rated at 3600MHz )
I always played Exposure and let fraps register during 5 minutes.
Important are not the highest FPS but the min and average ones.. at 2400MHz Memory speed you see I loose almost 20FPS on the minimum and average FPS, which is massive as no other settings was touched besides changing the memory speed divider in the Bios.
Best bang for the buck is 3200MHz memory speed, as there's no huge benefit in this game beyond that, though I like to OC and set my daily memory at 4000MHz with a slight voltage bump versus stock.
Like mentioned by Rokebo73 your setup is probably using the harddrive as virtual memory and than everything gets sluggish. This has not much to do with the 1.1 patch, though it might have highlighted the weakest link in your gaming setup... your memory amount and speed.
Ok, I ordered 3600MHz 8GBx2 ram. They'll be here within 2 days.
I'll mark the post as solved if the change works.
Switching RAM cards didn't work.
...
Sigh
Update your motherboard's bios, opt for a freshly installed OS, install AMD chipset drivers, Nvidia drivers and finally BF2042... This really leaves me puzzled
