As you can see in the screen-shots above, as the level of anisotropic filtering is increased, the clarity and sharpness of the ground texture is enhanced. If we compare the quality of the images ...

When browsing through the screen shots above, pay special attention to the lower left portion of the scene. The detail in the road is affected most by enabling anisotropic filtering. In the "No Aniso" ...

Using MadOnion’s 3DMark 2001 SE benchmark (Build 330) and standard configurations (no anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering), the GeForce4 Ti 4600 stands up reasonably well against the Radeon 9700 ...