Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was launched in November of 2025, based on a revamped IW Engine. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 supports detailed environments, volumetric lighting, detailed character and weapon models, dense shaders, screen space reflections, and dynamic lighting. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 heavily features Upscaling technologies like AMD FSR 4 and FidelityFX CAS and NVIDIA DLSS. The game also features Ray Tracing and AMD Ray Regeneration. There is a built-in benchmark in a multiplayer map, and we will be using that for our testing.
Performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is very high, and we are able to easily run 1080p native resolution with the “Extreme” quality settings enabled, which are the game’s highest settings. The XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB runs great at 130FPS average, providing a smooth and fast performance for fast action gameplay at native resolution. You can also enable FSR 4 and boost that up to 170FPS. In this game, the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB beats the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB by a whopping 19% in performance. Overclocking the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB doesn’t provide much, 3%.
Ray Tracing w/ FSR Upscaling
In Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, we can enable Ray Tracing reflections, and so we have enabled it at the “High” settings. In addition, we can also enable AMD Ray Regeneration, which we have also turned on, as well as FSR 4 Upscaling. The XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB is still able to provide a playable experience with 71FPS average. For a change, the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB actually beats the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB in performance with Ray Tracing by 4%. Overclocking the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB improves performance by 6%.
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Join Discussion →In 2026, 8GB video cards will become more and more common as a need.
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I wonder if we are entering a time of monitors going for better pictures but lower resolution and refresh rates for mass consumers.
I've been keeping an eye on 1440p stuff and from 2025 through 2026 there are quite a few examples of them getting more image quality related features. Basically catching up to what's been what's been happening with the 4K OLED stuff along with some other new features to boot. Sad part is that while 8 GB will suffice for many games at this resolution but there are certainly some AAA titles which will happily use 12 or 16 GB if the card has it to offer. However, there are some very cool 3rd and 4th gen 21:9 models out and on the way.
1080p panels has seen some improvements as well but I have noticed more effort has been put into to getting panels with insanely fast refresh rates which means as long as the system is overall fast, 8GB is perfect for those panels. It seems like the refresh rate angle is the larger focus for display manufacturers with the non-stop swath of 27" 1080p monitors.
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