# Texture optimization

> Techniques for speeding up texture loading, and reducing how much memory textures use.

Techniques for speeding up texture loading, and reducing how much memory textures use.

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| [Loading textures in the background](/engine/6000.3/manual/materials-and-shaders/textures/texture-loading/loading-textureand-mesh-data-introduction.md)                       | Resources for loading textures asynchronously to prevent your application pausing when textures load.                                                                                        |
| [Optimizing GPU texture memory with mipmap streaming](/engine/6000.3/manual/materials-and-shaders/textures/texture-loading/texture-streaming.md)                              | Use mipmap streaming to limit the size of textures in GPU memory.                                                                                                                            |
| [Sparse Textures](/engine/6000.3/manual/materials-and-shaders/textures/texture-loading/sparse-textures.md)                                                                    | Learn about creating textures that Unity can break down into rectangular tiles, so it can load only the tiles it needs.                                                                      |
| [Optimize high-resolution textures with Streaming Virtual Texturing](/engine/6000.3/manual/materials-and-shaders/textures/texture-loading/svt-streaming-virtual-texturing.md) | Resources for using Streaming Virtual Texturing (SVT) to progressively upload tiles when they're needed, to reduce GPU memory usage and texture loading times with high-resolution textures. |