Strength is software-based real-time playback of pristine uncompressedĪlong with this, you get numerous tape decks, unlimited monitors, and 2DĪs a matter of fact, DV Magazine this week will be hitting the bookstores Video Toaster can edit compressed video in real-time, but its real Keys, layer audio, video, picture-in-picture, and as Aerosmith advises: NVIDIA card, from the GeForce 2 all the way to the newest GeForce 4 Ti Video Toaster is an open architecture, and will scream using any If you do need features like live switching, multiple layers in realtime and streaming capability, then of course you need the recommended specs. The main point I want to make is that if you are a lightwave animator and want to incorporate a Toaster into your pipeline, you can get away with building a box WAY less in specs than the Newtek recommendations. This system was cheap to build myself…less than $1000, and for my purposes this runs the Toaster like a rocket ship! My current system is again a non spec\recommended system: ASUS P4S533 board (sis chipset),2g p4, gig pc2700 ram, 4x80g Deskstars striped array,40g system drive, 6 fans, 500w power supply and the same crappy promise raid card from my old box. Worked great for my purposes, ie, light video editing and dropping LW animation directly to VHS for client approval. I previeously ran the T2 on a dual 500 with a gig of pc100 ram and only 2 45g Deskstars on a promise controller. One of the beauties of this baby is it’s uncanny ability to scale down seamlessly. I am with Robert though, in that one can build a VERY functional T2 system well below those specs. The specs on the Newtek page recommend a rather beefy setup.