The Sunday Quiz (S02E01)

And here's season 2 of our quizzes Sunday, after 10 episodes in Season 1. We will start strong, the goal is to try to guess what is the picture (yes, nothing changes). You have 24 hours to find the right answer, and another shot - easier - will then be posted on the Facebook page of Tom's Hardware. At the end of the season, we offer a small gift.

The scale? 2 points for the first who answers correctly in comments, 1 point for others.

• Dimanche, Sunday,日曜日 (09/01/2011)
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• Dimanche Rouge #1 - 20/02/2011 (24/02/2011)
• Marché Fermier 2011 (29/03/2011)
• Tu Peux Dialoguer En Secret Avec Ton Dieu : Là Il T'entendra, Et Là Il Te Parlera. (09/03/2011)

The new AMD FX could release on June 11

According to information leaked, AMD will be ready to launch its new FX processors (called Bulldozer) from June 11 this year and will feature 8, 6 and 4 cores. The new processors for the platform AM3 + could be ready for release as of June 11 this year. We have already confirmed the backward compatibility of these new AM3 processors to the platform through a BIOS upgrade (this was stated by ASUS, and corroborated by MSI at CeBIT this year), but despite that manufacturers are already starting production of AM3 + plates.

Acer H274H: a 27-inch LED € 300

Acer has announced the market launch of a new European model of 27-inch LCD screen: The H274H. With a system of LED backlighting, full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) with a slab - probably TN - with a response time of 5 ms. Viewing angles according to the manufacturer reach 178 ° horizontal and 170 ° vertical, while the dynamic contrast ratio rises to 100 million: 1 (sic).

The brightness reached for its 300 cd / m². VGA inputs, DVI and HDMI are available while the foot allows adjustment in tilt from -5 ° to +15 °. Two-year warranty, the Acer H274H is finally displayed a suggested retail price of 299 euros. Hope, therefore, once available in mass, this 27-inch LCD screen will be offered at a price a little lower ...

• Acer Liquid mt (14/02/2011)
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• The New Acer Liquid METAL smartphone Features & Price in India (22/03/2011)
• Acer Iconia Smart announced, heading to UK in April (14/02/2011)
• Acer CEO Resigns Over Board Disagreements (01/04/2011)

Light-emitting diode (wikipedia)  

The performance of Crysis 2

Released March 22, Crysis 2 has been announced as the new standard in visual quality on a PC. But your machine sufficient to run it? The answer in our tests: the results are surprising.

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• Crysis 2 Review (28/03/2011)
• Crysis 2 releases automatic PC security update (31/03/2011)
• Review: Crysis 2 (29/03/2011)

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TDJ: Asus GTX 570 towards Cu II, NZXT H2

Our fellow Cowcotland recently posted a review of the GeForce GTX 570 towards Cu II of Asus, graphics card receiving a PCB and a modified cooling system owner. Featuring a 110 graphics chipset GF slightly overclocked (742 MHz against 732 MHz for the GPU reference models), the 1280 GTX has 570 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 950 MHz.

Verdict? For its part, our fellow GinjFo has recently reviewed the NZXT H2, a medium-format model to turn sober and discreet. It is still equipped with a USB 3.0 port, a potentiometer dedicated to the management of ventilation and a hot swap SATA dock on top ...

• NZXT's H2 Case Is The Strong, Silent Type (22/03/2011)
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• NZXT's Bunker Locks Down Your USB Devices So LAN Rogues Won't Steal Them (10/01/2011)
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Netbooks Chrome OS coming in June

In all likelihood, the first models of netbooks running OS Chrome should be sold by the month of June. Indeed, if there is already a netbook - Cr-48 - Working with the operating system from Google, it is absolutely not a commercial product since it was conceived as a platform test. Acer and Samsung should be the first manufacturers to offer such products.

Although the characteristics of these netbooks are not yet known, we can already assume that they will be equipped with a screen of 12 inches maximum, controllers WiFi 802.11n and 3G, a webcam and a battery allowing a minimum of 8 hours autonomy. Rate side, we can expect a range from $ 250 to $ 600.

NVIDIA SLI certified for the next generation of AMD motherboards.

As we read in VR-Zone, Nvidia has reached an agreement with AMD for the next generation of motherboards manufacturer is licensed to support configurations with multiple graphics cards from NVIDIA. The tegnologias NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU is going through a rough patch in the AMD platform, no high motherboards NVIDIA nForce 900 series chipset sold.

Since AMD has its sights set on the market for high performance processors (which may cause the change Gamers Platform), it seems a good decision that Nvidia wants to AMD users have the option to SLI in some way . Why NVIDIA has made a proactive move: SLI licensing to manufacturers of motherboards using the same protocol used to provide support SLI on Intel motherboards Series 5 and 6.