Guide:AMD Catalyst Control Center

Template:Notice ATI Catalyst Control Center Setup for S.T.E.P. -- by S.T.E.P. Team

Updated: 7:42:03 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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General

1. Open Catalyst Control Center, and click on the [Preferences] button in the upper right. Select Advanced View.
2. Under the Gaming section on the left select Gaming > 3D Application Settings.
   • Set [Tessellation Mode] to AMD Optimized
   • Set Enable Surface Format Optimization to "On", if it's not already.
   • Set [Wait for vertical refresh] to On, unless application specifies
   • Make sure that [Anti-Aliasing Mode] and [Anti-Aliasing Samples] are set to Use application settings
3. (optional) Add "skse_loader.exe" to be associated with as an application-specific profile:
   • Click [+ Add] in the left column
   • Navigate to skyrim/ and select "skse_loader.exe" to associate these settings with Skyrim ("TESV.exe" should be used if that is the executable used to launch Skyrim).

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1. Right-click on any open space on the desktop and click on AMD Catalyst Control Center.
2. Look to the left side of the newly opened window and under the "Gaming" tab, click 3D Application Settings.
3. Click on the [Add] button in the right pane. A browse file window should open.
4. Locate and select "TESV.exe" within your "skyrim\" folder and click [Open]. A warning will pop up asking "Do you want to override the pre-defined profile?" Click [Yes] then [OK].
5. Select the "TESV.exe" profile that appeared below the "Add" button and change all settings to match the following:

   Anti-Aliasing

   • Anti-Aliasing Mode: Override application settings
   • Anti-Aliasing Samples: 4x
   • Filter: Standard
   • Anti-Aliasing Method: Supersampling
   • Morphological Filtering: Off

   Texture Filtering

   • Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Override application settings
   • Anisotropic Filtering Level: 16x
   • Texture Filtering Quality:High quality
   • Surface Format Optimization: On

   Frame Rate Control

   • Wait for Vertical Refresh: Off, unless application specifies
   • OpenGL Triple Buffering: Off

   Tessellation

   • Tessellation Mode: AMD optimized
   • Maximum Tessellation Level: AMD optimized

6. Click [Save] in the lower right hand corner. Another warning will pop up asking "Do you want to overwrite the existing profile? TESV.exe". Click [Yes] then [OK].