Battlefield 2 Connection Question

[spidross01]

Hi

Just a quick question, everytime i join a game or move onto the next map on a server (round 1 of new map) it takes absolutely ages to load and join. This is especially noticeable when i start a new map in the first round, normally the first couple of flags have been captured before i can join, it also seems really laggy for the first 30 seconds or so (got well over the reccommend specs and a 3Mb broadband connection), this doesn't occur when the next round of the map starts, only when it is the first round of a new map. I could understand if it was a small delay but it seems people have been playing 2-3 minutes before i join and i have joined from the previous game.

Any ideas how i can speed this up, tweaks etc in my setup?? Would be most appreciated as i love the game. Are there any windows tweaks that would speed up what i think are graphic loading issues??

I have got a p4 3.06, 120Gb 7200 rpm Maxtor HDD, 256Mb 9600 Radeon, 1GB DDRRAM, got all the latest drivers directx etc. Running in background norton firewall/antivirus

Any ideas most appreciated