Monthly Archives: February 2008

Kingston Achieves Unprecedented Memory Speeds with DDR3, Nvidia’s New Core-Logic. Kingston Overclocks DDR3 Memory Modules to 2.13GHz

from X-bit labs…
Kingston Technology, a leading supplier of memory modules, demonstrated on Thursday its ability to overclock its HyperX DDR3 memory modules to unprecedented clock-speed with the help of a mainboard running Nvidia Corp.’s next-generation core-logic that supports DDR3 memory.

 

The memory module maker overclocked its HyperX PC3-16000 (KHX16000D2K2/2G) memory modules from their default clock-speed of [...]

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…my new show on Talkshoe…

I’ve decided to put my talkcast, “JohnB’s Digital Graffiti Talkcast”, on permanent hiatus and start up a new show. I’m going to call it “The JohnB Show” and email contact will be johnbshow@gmail.com. I will no longer be accepting show emails to johnb@vista.aero, so please take note.
You can view “The JohnB Show” page at Talkshoe.com [...]

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in Today’s News..

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredsen (D) will be presented with a new bill in the upcoming days. This bill, is designed to require all universities that are funded in part or fully by the state, to monitor all network traffic in an effort to stop copyright infringment. If a university in the state of Tennessee were [...]

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eVGA GeForce 9600GT has been released!!

All major vendors have Nvidia’s new 9600GT in stock, but my favorite Nvidia vendor is eVGA. The top 9600GT SSC from eVGA has a core clock of 740Mhz, shader clock of 1.7Ghz and a memory clock of 1.95Ghz. There is a review at ExtremeTech.com here.

It’s really shaping up to be quite the awesome midrange video [...]

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Watch Where you’re shoppin’

Hey Ya’ll, Stoffy here with another exciting blog post for JohnB Show Blog!
But today, we digress from the normal happy go lucky posts which we are ever so inclined too, and we talk about something very serious.
On Friday, February 15th, 2008. My father and I went into the local Las Vegas Area Fry’s Electronics Mart. [...]

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about Windows Vista SP1

SETUP PREREQUISITES
Windows Vista SP1 requires two prerequisite packages to install; a third is required
for versions of Windows Vista that are BitLocker™ Drive Encryption capable (Window
Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate)
The first of the three prerequisite packages required for the service pack includes
updates to the servicing stack—the component that handles installation and removal
of software updates, language [...]

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Nvidia buys Ageia…and my thoughts…

article courtesy of vnunet…..
Robert Jaques, vnunet.com 05 Feb 2008
Graphics firm Nvidia has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ageia Technologies, a privately held gaming physics technology developer based in California.
Ageia is best known for its PhysX software, which is shipping or in development with more than 140 PhysX-based games on Sony’s PlayStation 3, Microsoft’s Xbox [...]

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My next life … George Carlin

My Next Life
By George Carlin
I want to live my next life backwards:You start out dead and get that out of  the way.Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day.Then you get kicked out for being too healthy.Enjoy your retirement and collect your pension.Then when you start work, you get a gold [...]

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My final show on Talkshoe…

Tonight, starting in roughly 10 minutes as of writing up this blog post, my final episode of “JohnB’s Digital Graffiti Talkcast” will commence on Talkshoe. I’m just really sick and completely tired of being shit on only for having a very successful show. I’ve had a strong group of regular callers and chatters for [...]

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