Is my machine Vista 64 ready??

Heres my config:

Intel E4300 1.8Ghz C2D cpu,
Intel G965RYCK mobo,
Transend 1GB DDR2 800MHZ ram,
No graphic card(using onboard GMA X3000),
UMAX 450W psu,

As of now I plan to get a 1GB ram more to run it in dual channel.So is 2GB ram enough to get this machine run Vista 64 smoothly?? I am not a very intense gamer(just play strategy games like Age of Empires3 and stuff).Will I get decent performance running vista 64 on this one?? Plz help and thx

I upgraded my computer to Vista 64 from 32 about a month ago and my hardware setup is very similar to yours. 1GB of RAM should be enough to run 64-bit but you will see a considerable gain out of going to 2GB. I saw very little performace gain between 32 and 64 bit until I went from 2GB to 4GB of RAM. 32-bit will only see 3.5GB of RAM, thats all 32-bit O/S's, not just windows.

I upgraded because of the RAM and because of a few games that I did see a tiny (1-5%) gain from.

A huge disadvantage to 64-bit is driver availability, mostly for printers, scanners, fax machines, etc. Major companies like HP and Lexmark do have 64-bit drivers but they are standard drivers, not device specific, so you may have difficulties.

My overall advice, unless you have 4GB+ of RAM or a 64-bit ready program (game, 3D modeling, etc), stay away from 64-bit windows.