ARMA 2 and ARMA 3 multiplayer FPS issue (Tried Everything)

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First off I want to say that I know there are probably a thousand threads saying (High end PC but low FPS); that is exactly what I have. BUT, I have tried many things to improve it, and it only improved the FPS about 2fps, or none at all. In SP for both ARMA 2 and 3 I have flawless FPS at around 50-60+, but right when I hit multiplayer it is different:

ARMA 2 MP

I tried the following:

-I have the following startup parameters: "-high -nosplash - skipIntro -maxMem=8192 -maxVRAM=2048 -cpuCount=4 -exThreads=7 -world=empty"

-Overclocked my Phenom II x4 965 BE at a stable clock @ 4GHz.

-Overclocked my HIS Radeon 6950 IceQ X stable at 950MHz.

-I changed my FOV to 90 via config.

-I have changed the video settings in the config many times. I tried different settings from different people suggesting those settings in many websites.

ARMA 3 MP

The Multiplayer in ARMA 3 is a big step-up in performance from what I see in ARMA 2. All I have done is put the same startup parameters as ARMA 2, and I get around 25-40FPS in multiplayer but it still lags a lot at different parts around the map of Stratis.

Now, I know ARMA 2 and 3 are both CPU-intesive games, but my AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE should be able to fit the recommended category but I guess it does not. I have a few friends that play with my and they all have Intel i5-i7 3000 series CPUs and get 60+ FPS in multiplayer while having view distance on Insane. I, however, play on Near-Medium view distance and get 10-25FPS in multiplayer for ARMA 2, and for ARMA 3 with Near-Medium I get around 25-40FPS but still the lagging is very annoying.

I am thinking about upgrading my 2-3 year old computer, and firstly by getting an Intel i7 4770K as it seems to blow AMD out-of-the-water with a better single-core performance than anything AMD has (even the FX-8350 it can outperform or be on-par).

Now before I do this and after anyone who reads my thread the question is: Is there any fix for this, or is my CPU simply not good enough to perform on multiplayer for ARMA 2 and 3?

Some other in

System

Motherboard: ASUS M4A88T-M

Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition OCed @ 4GHz

RAM; Corsair XMS3 16GB 1333MHz

PSU: Coolermaster GX 650W

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo

HDD Seagate 1TB (2x500GB)

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Settings on ARMA 2

-Most on High-Very High.

-No AA. No PPAA.

-HDR at Normal

-Video Memory at Default.

-Playing multiplayer view distance at Near-Medium and still lagging very bad and quite unsatisfactory playability.

Settings on ARMA 3

-Most on Very High-Ultra

-No AA. No PPAA.

-HDR on Standard.

-Playing multiplayer view distance at Near-Medium and lagging quite bad, not very playable.

Thanks.