Dayz lags, not Arma 2

[silverforte 0]

I spent two days getting this mod to work. When I finally did, I tried to connect to a few different servers. Every time, as soon as I clicked join, the loading, the framerate... everything went to hell. It took 10 minutes to fully load each attempt. Then, when I finally got in, the framerate was so abysmal, it took 2-3 more minutes to escape the game and go back to the lobby. When I disconnected, the lag stopped.

I played Arma 2 free before I bought CO to make sure I could run it, and it ran fine. I played Arma 2 and Arma 2 CO single player missions to make further certain that it wasn't my system, and the game ran fine. I played a bit of CO and I was getting fine frames everywhere. However, as soon as I try to play Dayz online, everything falls apart. The lag is so bad. Is it the recent patch?

[dcskill 117]

Most recent patch is clean, if not better than previous patches.

Have you tried changing your resolution?

[silverforte 0]

Yeah, done everything. Had everything on low, used default presets, changed resolutions... nothing works. Why would Dayz lag this badly if Arma 2 doesn't?

[dcskill 117]

Day Z has lower framerate compared to Arma 2 but not by much.

Maybe re installing the mod? :s