BF2 has selective map problems

[Postal Penguin]

I just installed BF2 onto my Dell Inspiron laptop. It has been patched to the latest version. However, it seems that for some maps it becomes unplayable. All maps I have tried are 64 player size. The Daqing oil fields is one map in particular. Maps like Strike at Karkand play fine at medium/high settings. Without changing settings, if the map changes to one of the unplayable ones the game hiccups and starts to lag and sometimes kicks me out of the game. If it goes back to the other maps it plays fine. Has anyone else experienced this and if so whats the solution?

Stats:
Intel Centrino duo 1.8ghz
1 gig ram
Ati x1400 256mb
7200rpm hard disk

[Jade Falcon]

Re: BF2 has selective map problems

I can't say that I have, but I've always found certain maps to be more performance intensive than others. Funnily enough, it's usually the Chinese ones, mostly as you say Daqinq Oilfields, Dragon Valley and Dalian Plant.

All three maps seem to cover a larger ground area, whereas something like 64 player karkand or Mashtuur seem more 'compact'.