Docs/Using Frametide
AI presets
A preset is a complete set of values for every setting Frametide knows. Switching to a preset sets each setting to its stored value. Claude, an AI by Anthropic, builds presets for your hardware; you test them and keep what works.
How Claude builds presets#
When you click Create presets, the app sends our server your hardware (model names like “Ryzen 7 7800X3D” or “RTX 4070”), the current value of each setting, your goal and the game you entered. Claude then picks groups of changes worth trying and explains each one.
- Claude can only choose from Frametide's own list of checked settings, and only values from that list. It can't invent registry keys or commands, and it never runs anything on your PC: the app applies the values itself.
- Every preset is checked by the app before it's shown. Settings that don't apply to your hardware are left out.
- No names, files or serial numbers are sent. Details in the privacy policy.
The options#
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| What matters most to you? | A bit of everything (recommended), As many FPS as possible, Fastest response (competitive games), Fewer stutters and drops or Quiet and cool (laptops). Changes which settings Claude favours. |
| How many? | 1 to 5 presets. Each one adds a few minutes to your test (one run per preset and round), so fewer is quicker. 2–3 is a good start; ask for more later with Improve on my test results. |
| Which game? (optional) | For example “Valorant”. Helps Claude pick settings that suit how that game uses CPU and GPU. |
| More options → Improve on my test results for | Claude sees what worked and what didn't in that game's tests and builds on it. The best way to get a second, better round of presets. |
| More options → Anything Claude should know? | Free text, e.g. “I stream with OBS”, “keep it quiet”, “don't touch security settings”. |
One click on Create presets uses one of your 30 generations this month. After a generation, What Claude found summarises your PC, and Worth doing yourself lists BIOS and driver settings the app can't change for you.
Reading a preset#
- Labels such as “Made by Claude · 10 own choices + 34 recommended · stores all 113 settings, 24 differ from your original · needs a Windows restart · safe”. Own choices are what makes this preset different; recommended are low-risk settings every preset includes.
- Expected: what Claude thinks it will do, e.g. “much steadier frame times; a few ms more latency than uncapped”. That's a guess. The test tells you the truth.
- Unfold Show the settings this preset chooses, Differs from your original settings in … or All settings this preset sets to see every value.
- Risk: safe, small risk (rarely causes side effects; easy to undo), risky or lowers security (turns off a protection feature for speed; only if you know why you want it).
Buttons#
| Test in a game | Opens Test in game with this preset selected. |
| Use now | Makes the preset active right away. If it needs a restart, the app says so. |
| Rename | Gives the preset a name you'll recognise. |
| Save a copy | Saves every setting of the preset under a new name. Your copy never changes by itself. |
| Archive | Hides the preset from the list and from new tests. Restore brings it back; results are kept. The active preset can't be archived or deleted. |
| Back to my original settings | Switches everything back to how it was before Frametide. |
Your original and personal settings#
- Your original settings were captured the first time you used the app and never change. Every result is compared against them.
- My personal settings appears when you change a setting yourself on the Tweaks page: it's the preset you were on plus your change. The preset itself stays as it was. Click Save as own preset to keep your personal setup under a name.
Ready-made presets#
Two presets come with the app and need no AI generation: Competitive (ready-made) for low input latency in fast games, and Smooth & safe (ready-made) for steadier frame times. They contain only well-known, low-risk changes. A good first test, or a baseline to compare Claude's presets against.
errors.log (Settings → Open data folder → logs).