diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index e0fc11fe1b..f6e6911c12 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ void TextureCache::ClearRenderTargets()
 
 bool TextureCache::CheckForCustomTextureLODs(u64 tex_hash, int texformat, unsigned int levels)
 {
+	if (levels == 1)
+		return false;
+
 	// Just checking if the necessary files exist, if they can't be loaded or have incorrect dimensions LODs will be black
 	char texBasePathTemp[MAX_PATH];
 	char texPathTemp[MAX_PATH];
@@ -300,7 +303,7 @@ void TextureCache::DumpTexture(TCacheEntryBase* entry, unsigned int level)
 
 TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 	u32 address, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, int texformat,
-	unsigned int tlutaddr, int tlutfmt, bool UseNativeMips, unsigned int maxlevel, bool from_tmem)
+	unsigned int tlutaddr, int tlutfmt, bool use_mipmaps, unsigned int maxlevel, bool from_tmem)
 {
 	if (0 == address)
 		return NULL;
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 
 		// 2. b) For normal textures, all texture parameters need to match
 		if (address == entry->addr && tex_hash == entry->hash && full_format == entry->format &&
-			entry->num_mipmaps == maxlevel && entry->native_width == nativeW && entry->native_height == nativeH)
+			entry->num_mipmaps > maxlevel && entry->native_width == nativeW && entry->native_height == nativeH)
 		{
 			goto return_entry;
 		}
@@ -382,7 +385,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 		//
 		// TODO: Don't we need to force texture decoding to RGBA8 for dynamic EFB copies?
 		// TODO: Actually, it should be enough if the internal texture format matches...
-		if ((entry->type == TCET_NORMAL && width == entry->virtual_width && height == entry->virtual_height && full_format == entry->format && entry->num_mipmaps == maxlevel)
+		if ((entry->type == TCET_NORMAL && width == entry->virtual_width && height == entry->virtual_height && full_format == entry->format && entry->num_mipmaps > maxlevel)
 			|| (entry->type == TCET_EC_DYNAMIC && entry->native_width == width && entry->native_height == height))
 		{
 			// reuse the texture
@@ -428,15 +431,12 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Cleanup. Plus, we still autogenerate mipmaps in certain cases (we shouldn't do that)
-	bool isPow2;
 	unsigned int texLevels;
-	isPow2 = !((width & (width - 1)) || (height & (height - 1)));
-	texLevels = (isPow2 && maxlevel) ? GetPow2(std::max(width, height)) : !isPow2;
-	texLevels = maxlevel ? std::min(texLevels, maxlevel + 1) : texLevels;
+	bool use_native_mips;
+	texLevels = use_mipmaps ? (maxlevel + 1) : 1;
 	using_custom_lods = using_custom_texture && CheckForCustomTextureLODs(tex_hash, texformat, texLevels);
-	UseNativeMips = UseNativeMips && !using_custom_lods && (width == nativeW && height == nativeH); // Only load native mips if their dimensions fit to our virtual texture dimensions
-	texLevels = (UseNativeMips || using_custom_lods) ? texLevels : !isPow2;
+	use_native_mips = use_mipmaps && !using_custom_lods && (width == nativeW && height == nativeH); // Only load native mips if their dimensions fit to our virtual texture dimensions
+	texLevels = (use_native_mips || using_custom_lods) ? texLevels : 1;
 
 	// create the entry/texture
 	if (NULL == entry) {
@@ -445,9 +445,8 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 		// Sometimes, we can get around recreating a texture if only the number of mip levels changes
 		// e.g. if our texture cache entry got too many mipmap levels we can limit the number of used levels by setting the appropriate render states
 		// Thus, we don't update this member for every Load, but just whenever the texture gets recreated
-		//
-		// TODO: Won't we end up recreating textures all the time because maxlevel doesn't necessarily equal texLevels?
-		entry->num_mipmaps = maxlevel; // TODO: Does this actually work? We can't really adjust mipmap settings per-stage...
+		// TODO: D3D9 doesn't support min_lod. We should add a workaround for that here!
+		entry->num_mipmaps = maxlevel + 1;
 		entry->type = TCET_NORMAL;
 
 		GFX_DEBUGGER_PAUSE_AT(NEXT_NEW_TEXTURE, true);
@@ -460,13 +459,13 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 	else entry->type = TCET_NORMAL;
 
 	// load texture
-	entry->Load(width, height, expandedWidth, 0, (texLevels == 0));
+	entry->Load(width, height, expandedWidth, 0);
 
 	if (g_ActiveConfig.bDumpTextures && !using_custom_texture)
 		DumpTexture(entry, 0);
 
 	// load mips - TODO: Loading mipmaps from tmem is untested!
-	if (texLevels > 1 && pcfmt != PC_TEX_FMT_NONE && UseNativeMips)
+	if (texLevels > 1 && pcfmt != PC_TEX_FMT_NONE && use_native_mips)
 	{
 		const unsigned int bsdepth = TexDecoder_GetTexelSizeInNibbles(texformat);
 
@@ -495,7 +494,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 			expandedHeight = (currentHeight + bsh) & (~bsh);
 
 			TexDecoder_Decode(temp, *ptr, expandedWidth, expandedHeight, texformat, tlutaddr, tlutfmt, g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bUseRGBATextures);
-			entry->Load(currentWidth, currentHeight, expandedWidth, level, false);
+			entry->Load(currentWidth, currentHeight, expandedWidth, level);
 
 			if (g_ActiveConfig.bDumpTextures)
 				DumpTexture(entry, level);
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 			unsigned int currentHeight = (mipHeight > 0) ? mipHeight : 1;
 
 			LoadCustomTexture(tex_hash, texformat, level, currentWidth, currentHeight);
-			entry->Load(currentWidth, currentHeight, currentWidth, level, false);
+			entry->Load(currentWidth, currentHeight, currentWidth, level);
 
 			mipWidth >>= 1;
 			mipHeight >>= 1;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
index 1f8d9ebbd9..40441c2d70 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
 		virtual bool Save(const char filename[], unsigned int level) = 0;
 
 		virtual void Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level, bool autogen_mips) = 0;
+			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level) = 0;
 		virtual void FromRenderTarget(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat,
 			unsigned int srcFormat, const EFBRectangle& srcRect,
 			bool isIntensity, bool scaleByHalf, unsigned int cbufid,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public:
 	virtual TCacheEntryBase* CreateRenderTargetTexture(unsigned int scaled_tex_w, unsigned int scaled_tex_h) = 0;
 
 	static TCacheEntryBase* Load(unsigned int stage, u32 address, unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-		int format, unsigned int tlutaddr, int tlutfmt, bool UseNativeMips, unsigned int maxlevel, bool from_tmem);
+		int format, unsigned int tlutaddr, int tlutfmt, bool use_mipmaps, unsigned int maxlevel, bool from_tmem);
 	static void CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat, unsigned int srcFormat,
 		const EFBRectangle& srcRect, bool isIntensity, bool scaleByHalf);
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/Render.cpp
index 57812aa067..a6cb52c40f 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ void Renderer::SetSamplerState(int stage, int texindex)
 	// When mipfilter is set to "none", just disable mipmapping altogether
 	gx_state.sampdc[stage].MaxLOD = (mip == TEXF_NONE) ? 0.0f : (float)tm1.max_lod/16.f;
 	gx_state.sampdc[stage].MinLOD = (float)tm1.min_lod/16.f;
-	gx_state.sampdc[stage].MipLODBias = (float)tm0.lod_bias/32.0f;
+	gx_state.sampdc[stage].MipLODBias = (s32)tm0.lod_bias/32.0f;
 }
 
 void Renderer::SetInterlacingMode()
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index 5f82a18fc0..844cf24b47 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ bool TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Save(const char filename[], unsigned int level)
 }
 
 void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-	unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level, bool autogen_mips)
+	unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level)
 {
 	D3D::ReplaceRGBATexture2D(texture->GetTex(), TextureCache::temp, width, height, expanded_width, level, usage);
-
-	if (autogen_mips)
-		PD3DX11FilterTexture(D3D::context, texture->GetTex(), 0, D3DX11_DEFAULT);
 }
 
 TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::CreateTexture(unsigned int width,
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.h
index 59d343017c..7876cb79ee 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ private:
 		~TCacheEntry();
 
 		void Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int levels, bool autogen_mips = false);
+			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int levels);
 
 		void FromRenderTarget(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat,
 			unsigned int srcFormat, const EFBRectangle& srcRect,
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index 7026522cf6..4bcb4befb8 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 				tex.texImage0[i&3].width + 1, tex.texImage0[i&3].height + 1,
 				tex.texImage0[i&3].format, tex.texTlut[i&3].tmem_offset<<9, 
 				tex.texTlut[i&3].tlut_format,
-				(tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter & 3) && (tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter != 8),
-				tex.texMode1[i&3].max_lod >> 4,
+				(tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter & 3),
+				ceil(tex.texMode1[i&3].max_lod / 16.f),
 				tex.texImage1[i&3].image_type);
 
 			if (tentry)
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp
index 0ff4f4f99a..0f0432e96b 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -1333,9 +1333,10 @@ void Renderer::SetSamplerState(int stage, int texindex)
 	
 	D3D::SetSamplerState(stage, D3DSAMP_ADDRESSU, d3dClamps[tm0.wrap_s]);
 	D3D::SetSamplerState(stage, D3DSAMP_ADDRESSV, d3dClamps[tm0.wrap_t]);
-	float lodbias = tm0.lod_bias / 32.0f;
+
+	float lodbias = (s32)tm0.lod_bias / 32.0f;
 	D3D::SetSamplerState(stage, D3DSAMP_MIPMAPLODBIAS, *(DWORD*)&lodbias);
-	D3D::SetSamplerState(stage, D3DSAMP_MAXMIPLEVEL, tm1.min_lod >> 4);
+	D3D::SetSamplerState(stage, D3DSAMP_MAXMIPLEVEL, tm1.max_lod >> 4);
 }
 
 void Renderer::SetInterlacingMode()
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index 2be29048d3..660fad7379 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ bool TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Save(const char filename[], unsigned int level)
 }
 
 void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-	unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level, bool autogen_mips)
+	unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level)
 {
 	D3D::ReplaceTexture2D(texture, temp, width, height, expanded_width, d3d_fmt, swap_r_b, level);
-	// D3D9 will automatically generate mip maps if necessary
 }
 
 void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::FromRenderTarget(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat,
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.h
index 4a7cddd575..fc338e623f 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ private:
 		~TCacheEntry();
 
 		void Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int levels, bool autogen_mips = false);
+			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int levels);
 
 		void FromRenderTarget(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat,
 			unsigned int srcFormat, const EFBRectangle& srcRect,
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index 17a7aa1498..d8e2462f51 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 				tex.texImage0[i&3].width + 1, tex.texImage0[i&3].height + 1,
 				tex.texImage0[i&3].format, tex.texTlut[i&3].tmem_offset<<9, 
 				tex.texTlut[i&3].tlut_format,
-				(tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter & 3) && (tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter != 8),
-				tex.texMode1[i&3].max_lod >> 4,
+				(tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter & 3),
+				ceil(tex.texMode1[i&3].max_lod / 16.f),
 				tex.texImage1[i&3].image_type);
 
 			if (tentry)
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index a21333e534..bf6f6d1ef2 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::CreateTexture(unsigned int width,
 }
 
 void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-	unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level, bool autogen_mips)
+	unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level)
 {
 	//glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
 	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
@@ -194,16 +194,7 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
 	    if (expanded_width != width)
             glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH, expanded_width);
 
-		if (bHaveMipMaps && autogen_mips)
-		{
-			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, GL_TRUE);
-			glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, level, gl_iformat, width, height, 0, gl_format, gl_type, temp);
-			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, GL_FALSE);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, level, gl_iformat, width, height, 0, gl_format, gl_type, temp);
-		}
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, level, gl_iformat, width, height, 0, gl_format, gl_type, temp);
 
 		if (expanded_width != width)
             glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH, 0);
@@ -358,17 +349,16 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::SetTextureParameters(const TexMode0 &newmode, co
 		GL_REPEAT,
 	};
 
-	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER,
-					(newmode.mag_filter || g_Config.bForceFiltering) ? GL_LINEAR : GL_NEAREST);
-
 	int filt = newmode.min_filter;
-	if (g_ActiveConfig.bForceFiltering && filt < 4)
+	if (g_ActiveConfig.bForceFiltering && newmode.min_filter < 4)
 		filt += 4; // take equivalent forced linear
 
-	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, c_MinLinearFilter[filt]);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, c_MinLinearFilter[filt & 7]);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, (newmode.mag_filter || g_Config.bForceFiltering) ? GL_LINEAR : GL_NEAREST);
+
 	glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, newmode1.min_lod / 16.f);
 	glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, newmode1.max_lod / 16.f);
-	glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL, GL_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS, newmode.lod_bias / 32.0f);
+	glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL, GL_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS, (s32)newmode.lod_bias / 32.0f);
 
 	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, c_WrapSettings[newmode.wrap_s]);
 	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, c_WrapSettings[newmode.wrap_t]);
@@ -376,7 +366,7 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::SetTextureParameters(const TexMode0 &newmode, co
 	// TODO: Reset anisotrop when changed to 1
 	if (g_Config.iMaxAnisotropy >= 1)
 		glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY_EXT,
-			(float)(1 << g_ActiveConfig.iMaxAnisotropy));
+						(float)(1 << g_ActiveConfig.iMaxAnisotropy));
 }
 
 TextureCache::~TextureCache()
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.h
index 30f44b797d..a26aa4049e 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ private:
 		~TCacheEntry();
 
 		void Load(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
-			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level, bool autogen_mips = false);
+			unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int level);
 
 		void FromRenderTarget(u32 dstAddr, unsigned int dstFormat,
 			unsigned int srcFormat, const EFBRectangle& srcRect,
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index ce33247d7c..8e9feb2c39 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 				tex.texImage0[i&3].width + 1, tex.texImage0[i&3].height + 1,
 				tex.texImage0[i&3].format, tex.texTlut[i&3].tmem_offset<<9, 
 				tex.texTlut[i&3].tlut_format,
-				(tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter & 3) && (tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter != 8),
-				tex.texMode1[i&3].max_lod >> 4,
+				(tex.texMode0[i&3].min_filter & 3),
+				ceil(tex.texMode1[i&3].max_lod / 16.f),
 				tex.texImage1[i&3].image_type);
 
 			if (tentry)