Trilinear vs. Anisotropic?

What is really the difference between these two graphic settings? I would reckon that Anisotropic is better, but how much better and does it really affect performance?

Yeah I'd like to know too. I don't know anything about what the settings do and how they affect performance other than the basic "Texture Detail" ones etc.

anisotropic is simply trilinear on steroids. it would reduce your FPS should you select it.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia article on anisotropic filtering

trilinear mip-mapping on the left runway, anisotropic filtering on the right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering

Originally Posted by snuggans

anisotropic is simply trilinear on steroids. it would reduce your FPS should you select it.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering

Hmm I see. So it's like chocolate. It's good but you can pay the price for all that sweetness......

Originally Posted by snuggans

anisotropic is simply trilinear on steroids. it would reduce your FPS should you select it.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering

Not really, trilinear is bilinear on steroids. AF completely outclasses them, if you dont want textures to look like a blurry mess beyond 5 meters, then enable AF. AFx2 wont reduce your framerate with a reasonable video card, and will make enough of a difference to be worth it, increased settings(x4/x6/x8/x16) will provide less improvement.

Originally Posted by Tom Servo

Not really, trilinear is bilinear on steroids. AF completely outclasses them

semantics. the idiom "on steroids" can very well have the same meaning as outclass. you're actually agreeing with what i said.

Originally Posted by snuggans

anisotropic is simply trilinear on steroids. it would reduce your FPS should you select it.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropic_filtering

Nice

AF isn't that intensive tbh, nothing like SSAO

SSAO is relatively new, but yes.. anything that has to do with shadows usually destroys frame rates.

I currently use 8x AF on a 9800GT and get pretty stable framerates, you guys think that's about right for that card?

Anyone know what settings on the main graphics settings tab would be optimal for an NVIDIA GTX 260 816MB card? (something like 816MB) Along with a 2.6Ghz processor + 4GB RAM. I've tried all combos and I keep getting poor performance. I just don't understand these settings...

Originally Posted by The Gallant Forty-Twa

Anyone know what settings on the main graphics settings tab would be optimal for an NVIDIA GTX 260 816MB card? (something like 816MB) Along with a 2.6Ghz processor + 4GB RAM. I've tried all combos and I keep getting poor performance. I just don't understand these settings...

Judging by those specs, it seems that you should be able to just max it out. Your processor might be slowing you down a bit though, is it a multi-core?

Well that's the thing. I can't even get it running well on medium specs. I get constant lags. How would I find out if its multi-core? I'm a Total Noob at PC's and their components...

I had Empire running everything Ultra + those system hog settings with no issues.

Originally Posted by The Gallant Forty-Twa

Well that's the thing. I can't even get it running well on medium specs. I get constant lags. How would I find out if its multi-core? I'm a Total Noob at PC's and their components...

I had Empire running everything Ultra + those system hog settings with no issues.

Hmm, that's strange, your processor most likely is multi-core since most computers are nowawdays. Just go to control panel-system and maintenance-system and it will give all the details of your computer. And on processor if it has X2 X3 X4 etc. then it's multi-core. But that is strange how you could run Empire and not Napoleon. It could possibly be the drivers you're using.....

I updated to the latest NVIDIA drivers for my card which claimed to support NTW but I still have the issues. Could it be another thing such as a sound issue?

Originally Posted by The Gallant Forty-Twa

I updated to the latest NVIDIA drivers for my card which claimed to support NTW but I still have the issues. Could it be another thing such as a sound issue?

I'm not really the one to talk to, I'm no expert lol. But keep trying to do some reasearch because that seems a bit strange....

Well that frontpage thing lists my proccessor as: Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz.

EDIT: Sorry for double post, forgot to edit.

Originally Posted by The Gallant Forty-Twa

Well that frontpage thing lists my proccessor as: Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz.

EDIT: Sorry for double post, forgot to edit.

My laptop is running an Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 and it could run ETW rather well, but lags with NTW. I just recently ordered a new laptop and pray it does the job. Whatever the slowest component is will largely determine the speed it works at.

If your lagging make sure SSAO is off (i find it doesnt make it look that much better anyways, and it makes a HUGE difference to frame rate) and if SSAO is off, lower your shader model from 3.0 high to 3.0 low (or 2.0 if your still lagging on 3.o low). this will result in a slight graphical downgrade but should get rid of any lag issue's you experiance.

Yep. And damn annoying. I can barely move across the campaign or battle map without stupid lag.