diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 024c10f3d..afa54b30c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace MWRender {
 RenderingManager::RenderingManager (OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer& _rend, const boost::filesystem::path& resDir, OEngine::Physic::PhysicEngine* engine, MWWorld::Environment& environment)
     :mRendering(_rend), mObjects(mRendering), mActors(mRendering, environment), mAmbientMode(0)
 {
-    mRendering.createScene("PlayerCam", 55, 5);
+    mRendering.createScene("PlayerCam", Settings::Manager::getFloat("field of view", "General"), 5);
     mTerrainManager = new TerrainManager(mRendering.getScene(),
                                          environment);
 
@@ -34,7 +34,17 @@ RenderingManager::RenderingManager (OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer& _rend, const
     configureFog(1, ColourValue(1,1,1));
 
     // Set default mipmap level (NB some APIs ignore this)
-    TextureManager::getSingleton().setDefaultNumMipmaps(5);
+    TextureManager::getSingleton().setDefaultNumMipmaps(Settings::Manager::getInt("num mipmaps", "General"));
+
+    // Set default texture filtering options
+    TextureFilterOptions tfo;
+    std::string filter = Settings::Manager::getString("texture filtering", "General");
+    if (filter == "anisotropic") tfo = TFO_ANISOTROPIC;
+    else if (filter == "trilinear") tfo = TFO_TRILINEAR;
+    else /* if (filter == "bilinear") */ tfo = TFO_BILINEAR;
+
+    MaterialManager::getSingleton().setDefaultTextureFiltering(tfo);
+    MaterialManager::getSingleton().setDefaultAnisotropy(Settings::Manager::getInt("anisotropy", "General"));
 
     // Load resources
     ResourceGroupManager::getSingleton().initialiseAllResourceGroups();
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index 90f832b99..b421730dc 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-[HUD]
+[General]
+# Camera field of view
+field of view = 55
+
+# Texture filtering mode. valid values:
+# anisotropic
+# bilinear
+# trilinear
+texture filtering = anisotropic
+
+# Has no effect when texture filtering is not anisotropic
+anisotropy = 4
+
+# Number of texture mipmaps to generate
+num mipmaps = 5
 
+[HUD]
 # FPS counter
 # 0: not visible
 # 1: basic FPS display
@@ -7,7 +22,6 @@
 fps = 0
 
 [Objects]
-
 shaders = true
 
 # Max. number of lights that affect objects. Setting to 1 will only reflect sunlight
@@ -18,7 +32,6 @@ num lights = 8
 use static geometry = true
 
 [Viewing distance]
-
 # Limit the rendering distance of small objects
 limit small object distance = false
 
@@ -38,7 +51,6 @@ fog start factor = 0.5
 fog end factor = 1.0
 
 [Terrain]
-
 # Max. number of lights that affect the terrain. Setting to 1 will only reflect sunlight
 num lights = 8