What's the verdict? Is Anisotropic better than Trilinear, or are they about the same as to render the best texture representation?I have been using Tri all along, but Bojote uses Anisotropic within FSX.Any opinions?Mitch

What's the verdict? Is Anisotropic better than Trilinear, or are they about the same as to render the best texture representation?I have been using Tri all along, but Bojote uses Anisotropic within FSX.Any opinions?Mitch

Anisotropic is the best filtering available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filteringCheck out the picture in the top right to see a comparison against trilinear.

I use Trilinear.

Anisotropic is the best filtering available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filteringCheck out the picture in the top right to see a comparison against trilinear.

I just came back from the Wikipedia reference. From the two representations, you'd think there was as world of difference. I have always used Tri as per Nick's setup, but will now try Anis and see if there is any difference to my eyes. Heck, why not?!? :)Thanks for the link.Mitch

I just came back from the Wikipedia reference. From the two representations, you'd think there was as world of difference. I have always used Tri as per Nick's setup, but will now try Anis and see if there is any difference to my eyes. Heck, why not?!? :)Thanks for the link.Mitch

The reason NickN wants you to use Trilinear, is not because it's better, but because he wants you to have Anisotropic 16x set up in nhancer. Same with Anti-Aliasing. Nhancer, when properly set up, overrides the in-game settings for filtering and anti-aliasing. In order to make the override work, some applications need to have filtering and AA set to something specific. So, if you were to set FSX' in-game settings to Anisotropic, and have Anti-Aliasing checked, those settings would overrule nhancer, and you'd lose nhancer's far superior settings. So Nick has us set filtering to Trilinear, and AA to OFF, so that nhancer can have control of those settings.

The reason NickN wants you to use Trilinear, is not because it's better, but because he wants you to have Anisotropic 16x set up in nhancer. Same with Anti-Aliasing. Nhancer, when properly set up, overrides the in-game settings for filtering and anti-aliasing. In order to make the override work, some applications need to have filtering and AA set to something specific. So, if you were to set FSX' in-game settings to Anisotropic, and have Anti-Aliasing checked, those settings would overrule nhancer, and you'd lose nhancer's far superior settings. So Nick has us set filtering to Trilinear, and AA to OFF, so that nhancer can have control of those settings.

BEST explanation I've heard so far. Thank you for that. I've been doing it all wrong! I have AA checked and Anisotropic checked. Obviously, I've been not getting the best from NHancer. I'm in Florida now for the next week, and when I get home next Monday, this will be the FIRST setting I will change in FSX. I''m looking forward to seeing the difference.Stan

BEST explanation I've heard so far. Thank you for that. I've been doing it all wrong! I have AA checked and Anisotropic checked. Obviously, I've been not getting the best from NHancer. I'm in Florida now for the next week, and when I get home next Monday, this will be the FIRST setting I will change in FSX. I''m looking forward to seeing the difference.Stan

Got home and tried Trilinear in FSX and unchecked AA. I think it looks better and performs better with Anisotropic checked and AA checked! With AA unchecked and Trilinear used, I see jagged edges on the planes. At least that's the way my system prefers it.Stan

Got home and tried Trilinear in FSX and unchecked AA. I think it looks better and performs better with Anisotropic checked and AA checked! With AA unchecked and Trilinear used, I see jagged edges on the planes. At least that's the way my system prefers it.Stan

I agree. I had Tri and AA off in the sim and ANISO set in nHancer for the longest while. Now, with using both nHancer as ANISO and AA also checked in the sim, I get enhanced visual quality. I have stayed with ANISO and AA checked off in the sim, and nothing changed with Nick's setting in nHancer.