AMD's Radeon 9000 Series Brings Ray Tracing Magic to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

As of November 14th, 2025, the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has launched, and it is the first major game to feature AMD's new "Redstone" graphics technology. The centerpiece of this new software is the Machine Learning Ray Generation feature, which allows Radeon RX 9000 series users to experience advanced, ray-traced lighting in the game.

Machine Learning Ray Generation is a significant advancement in real-time rendering, as it enables the graphics card to "learn" lighting patterns and then apply them in an approximate but highly effective manner. This helps reduce noise and grit in ray tracing while rendering at a lower resolution and then upscaling the image. The result is a visually stunning experience for players on supported hardware.

While the full suite of Redstone features, including the latest versions of frame generation, super resolution, and neural radiance caching, are not yet available in Black Ops 7, this launch marks an important milestone for AMD's graphics capabilities. The company continues to make strides in the desktop CPU space with its Ryzen X3D series, but has fallen behind Nvidia in the consumer graphics card market share. The integration of Machine Learning Ray Generation in a high-profile title like Call of Duty could help AMD regain ground and showcase the potential of its next-generation graphics technology.