CPU Upgrade or GPU Upgrade for Arma 3?

[TerminalPro]

Title says it all. I don’t play many games, but mostly Arma 3, so I would like to upgrade the side that would give the best performance for that game (either GPU or CPU upgrade). I will eventually upgrade both my GPU and CPU however until then I can only afford to upgrade one side.

I am currently running an AMD FX-6300 3.5Ghz for the processor, and an Asus Radeon HD 7750 1GB graphics card.

I have made two lists, one for the CPU upgrade, and one for the GPU.

The CPU Upgrade would include:
-Intel i7 6700 3.4Ghz
-Asus Z170-AR Motherboard (Mainly choosing this for its white accents to go well with my case)
-Kingston HyperX Fury 2x8GB DDR4 2400Mhz


The GPU upgrade would include:
-Asus GTX 970 Strix 4GB
-Corsair CS650M Power Supply


(If any of you have any better upgrade recommendations within the same price range of what is stated above please let me know too)

I have done some research and found that Arma 3 is CPU Based, however on another thread I read that you can test whether you need a new GPU buy changing the video settings in the game and looking at the FPS difference. On Arma 3, there is a difference of about 60 FPS when changing from ALL LOW to ALL ULTRA/HIGH, which makes me think it it my GPU that needs upgrading, however that alongside the other threads saying the game is CPU based makes me confused and I don't know what to think.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[LukaLuka]

As you do need to upgrade both your cpu and gpu. i personally would upgrade your cpu first as the fx-6300 will always struggle in that game to get 40 fps.

 

[BadActor]

Since your graphics card is near the minimum specs for the game, and the FX 6300 can support an R9 380X/GTX 970 with little if any bottlenecking, I would upgrade the video card first. Your current processor isn't a problem for your card and even though you will gain some FPS with a CPU upgrade, I don't think it would amount to as much as the video card swap.

 

[lazyboy947]

Id go for the gpu upgrade now, and upgrade the rest later, as said the 6300 can handle the cpu intense task to give you a better experience at a higher visual setting. If u go for the cpu upgrade now or later and dont go for the 6700k, look at the E3 1230 V5 as it will save you quite a bit of money for the same performance as the 6700.