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Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Anti-Aliasing.
  4. Ensure the application override is disabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared. The slider control will become available.
  5. Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting:
    • To increase processing performance, move the slider to the left.
    • To increase image quality, move the slider to the right.

Set the Anti-Aliasing to automated preference

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Anti-Aliasing.
  4. Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected.

Note: The slider control becomes unavailable.

Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Anisotropic Filtering.
  4. Ensure the application override is disabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared. The slider control will become available.
  5. Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting:
    • To increase processing performance, move the slider to the left.
    • To increase image quality, move the slider to the right.

Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Anisotropic Filtering.
  4. Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected.

Note: The slider control becomes unavailable.

Adjust the Texture Preference setting

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Texture Preference.
  4. Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality.

Adjust the Mipmap detail level

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Mipmap Detail Level.
  4. Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality.

Adjust vertical refresh rate

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Wait for vertical refresh.
  4. Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality.

Select a SmartShader™ effect

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to SmartShader™ Effects.
  4. Select an effect from the drop-down menu.

Note: Effects in the list not supported by Direct 3D are appended with "(OpenGL only)".

Select an Alpha dithering method

Alpha dithering error diffusion improves image contouring by averaging the intensity of a group of associated pixels.

Ordered dithering creates a cross-hatch pattern.

  1. Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  2. Click Standard Settings.
  3. Scroll to Alpha dithering method.
  4. Click the desired dithering method.

Apply your settings

  1. Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open.
  2. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center.

Restore default settings

  1. Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.
  2. Click Defaults.

Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.

Discard your settings

Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view.