Anisotropic Filtering : launcher vs driver vs ENB setting

[lexo1000]

The purpose of this topic is to understand what is the best configuration to choose for this essential setting.

We already know that there is three different places where we can set this option but nobody seems really sure what is the best...

STEP 2.2.9 favorite method is graphic driver, but the Skyrim Launcher guide tell to set it in the game launcher.

Finally, Neovalen recommand to put aniso setting in ENB..

Feedbacks are welcome...

Edited December 16, 2014 by lexo1000

[Aiyen]

Try out all three and decide which you prefer. The visual differences are quite subtle, and which looks best is subjective. Also there are differences on how it looks depending if you use Nvidia or AMD... or so people have said at least. I have not had an AMD card with which to test this postulate yet, but based on the screens I have seen I would still say you need to deliberately go pixel hunting to find noticeable differences. 

 

Finally it also depends on what sort of textures you use, and their resolution. A texture with lots of high contrast detail and/or noise will look different from a more smooth and even toned one. 

 

The various performance differences are also negligible on most computers, so it should not be that which determine which you use. 

 

I normally recommend using the ENB one if you do use that since then you have all of your graphics settings in one spot. In my opinion that make it easier to deal with any potential issues you might have. Also ENB have the extra feature of LOD bias which direct affect how strong the effect is, and it was made based on the AF in ENB, but it can be used just fine with the others as well.