P965 Platinum Vista 64bit drivers

Anyone have a recent list of the drivers for the P965 Platinum board for Vista x64 bit?
I'm specifically looking for the Realtek network card driver.  But would also like the latest jmicron, audio, etc..

This is the URL that I ended up at for Realtek 8111 and there's no mention of Vista at all.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

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