Is this computer Vista Ready?

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Hi all,

I was just wanting some sound advice from people that have installed Vista on simliar hardware. This is for my wife's email / Web surfing rig. I am getting Vista Business 32 bit next week and plan on installing on her computer. Here are the specs:

Sempron 3100 (64 bit) oc'd to 2250 mhz
Nforce 3a (ECS board)
ATI 9200 (buying a 9600 128 meg AGP on the cheap for DX 9.. Will it be Aero capable?)
Seagate 320gig 7200.10
1 gig of ram
generic DVD, floppy
19" widescreen monitor 1440x900

My biggest concern is drivers for the Nforce3. Do they exist? Also I want her to be able to use the Aero interface so I am buying a 9600 AGP / 128 meg video card since her current card is a 9200. Do Vista drivers exist for the 9600, and will 128 meg be enough memory for 1440x900 resolution for Aero? The 9600 I am buying is fanless and only want this for DVD quality playback, no gaming.


Please only reply if you have solid facts. Also No flaming or speculation. Also, I may opt to get the 64 bit version if there are drivers. Anyone got any info on 64 bit compatibility? The Sempron is 64 bit.


Thanks
 
swetmore said:
Sempron 3100 (64 bit) oc'd to 2250 mhz
Nforce 3a (ECS board)
ATI 9200 (buying a 9600 128 meg AGP on the cheap for DX 9.. Will it be Aero capable?)
Seagate 320gig 7200.10
1 gig of ram
generic DVD, floppy
19" widescreen monitor 1440x900
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Once you upgrade the video card to a 9600, it meets all the requirements for Vista Premium, including Aero. Having more memory is nice, but I run Vista Business x64 with 1GB and it runs fine.

NF3/4 drivers are included with Vista. I am using the ones included with Vista on my NF4 board. nvidia does have NF3 sound drivers for Vista 32-bit and NF3 network drivers for Vista x64 on the download page if you need those.
 
Vista ran fine on a MSI NF3 build without a problem. Spring for the best video card you can.mine has 256 mbs of onboard ram.
 
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