Was playing a match and about 1 minute into the match the frame rate dropped from 45ftps to around 7ftps and then the screen turned this way (see picture below). I was able to move my Mech and fire weapons. The mini-map continued to move when I moved and the weapons cycled, etc. but the view out the cockpit didn't change. This is the 3rd time this has happened and it doesn't seem to matter what map I am on.
Oh also all my drivers are up to date and I am using a nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti for video on a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Computer with 4Gb of RAM and Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit.