You're getting old and grumpy like me

You be Grumpy

Candiman found a better way through VPN to Mexico ended up paying $52 for the deluxe version which includes all DLC. Will try and get you on TS next time i see you on...

I was going to do the same thing via India (same as I did for BF3 Premium) but the 50GB download put me off.

You should add it is a 49.99GB download!!! Massive size game due to it having uncompressed audio files. The audio files take a whopping 38GB!!

http://www.ozgameshop.com/ have it listed on DVD for $59.99 (Free delivery to Australia from the UK but will take 5-7 days to arrive)

http://search.dungeoncrawl.com.au/ have it listed on DVD for $64.90. (again Free Delivery to anywhere in Australia) Game ships from Melbourne and 'should' only take a day or two for delivery to any state in Australia, country locations may take a little longer.
Dungeon Crawl already have it in stock and have started deliveries, Funnybones's copy left Melbourne 12 hours ago at the time of this post.

Proof:
http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/humongousaudio.jpg

that's one 'O' to many Bish!

Grumps,
I mainly get the lag on a full 64 slot server.  Will this help?

If you have the lag problem really bad, you will notice it even in a small server with just a few players. If you only notice the lag in full 64 slot servers then it may just be because there is so much happening on the screen. But if you have an i7 and are running Windows 7 then yes the small registry change 'may' help'.

IMPORTANT: This will only work for i7's which are running Windows 7.

From memory Shrek, you're running Windows 8? If so then no this registry fix will not help your lag. Windows 8 handles 'Core Parking' differently and does not have the same problem as Windows 7.

..... you cant blame the game

It appears you have taken an un-educated guess at not only my PC specs but those of many thousands on the Battlelog forums who have the same issues with ingame lag. I don't blame the game at all, I blame the developers of the game.

The problem mainly affects i7 pc's running Windows 7.

I have fixed my problem with a 'registry edit', but it is a temporary fix until DICE release a patch to fix 'their' mistake.

Here's something for you all to try, firstly read the 'minimum' specs released for the game, then go ingame (into a server) and run the 'System Performance Test' in Options. (just go to Options and the test button is down the bottom right hand side of the screen, click on the button and on the next screen click 'Run Test'. Here's the funny thing, many people who have system witch easily meet the 'Recommended' specs (not minimum but recommended specs) FAIL the FPS test. Many people with higher end systems still come up with a FAIL for FPS even tho the game runs smoothly for them.
A good example is Funnybones, he only has an i5 system, running in ULTRA settings the game runs 100% smooth as even tho he fails the FPS test.
What I am getting at is DONT trust that ingame system test, it will tell you to lower graphics settings when you don't need too.

The Battlelog forum has many thousands of people reporting ingame faults. It has nothing to do with having low end systems.
Before I made my registry edit, I lagged out badly when running the game in LOW settings, the ingame System Test was still telling me to lower graphic settings even tho I had everything already set to the absolute lowest it could go, since the registry change I now run in HIGH/ULTRA with no lag at all.

My shitty system can run the game.

If your running on an older machine

lol, please don't speculate

Happy Birthday bud, hope you had a good one.