Vista on P965 Neo Motherboard

Hi all,
I am planning on installing windows Vista on my MSI P965 Neo motherboard and I am concerned about the drivers for my mobo (Audio, Raid etc.). I know that Vista includes drivers for many different devices but does anybody knows for sure if all the features of the above mobo are supported on Vista?
When windows XP originally came out I never trusted the drivers that were included with them because either they were old or they did not support all the features of my devices. At that time I downloaded the ones provided from the manufactured websites. Does anybody know if in this version of windows things are better?
Last I went to the drivers section of my motherboard but I was not able to find any drivers for Vista. Do you know if MSI provides drivers for its products under windows Vista?
Regards,
Phanos 

Hi all,
just installed Vista (twice  , the first was attempted was unsuccesfull. The system would not boot after the first time windows Vista run. I hope that is not a problem with my new hard drive ).
I am glad to report that all the devices of the motherboard have been detected and are operating well so far. Windows Vista even install drivers for my TV Tuner card for which I was unable to load drivers on XP (read about it here https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103597.0). The only two things that Vista could not load drivers for were my canon scanner and my logitech quick cam. I will try to find drivers for these devices later.
Windows Vista are working very fast, faster than XP I might say. Of course I don't have installed on Vista all the programs that I have on windows XP. The games that I was able to play so far on Vista are "Morrowind", "Age of Mythology - The Titans", "Tomb Raider Legend", "Star Wars Knights of the old Rebuplic - The Sith Lords". The only game that crashed was "Ghost Recon". I was able to play that one as well though when I apply complatibility settings.
Regards,
Phanos

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