how do these specs sound

[Swinkid]

It is an ATi card made by ASUS .

Fair Enough, Think this would run better than what i first said? I might go over budget and get Win 7 if so.

[N!ck]

Fair Enough, Think this would run better than what i first said? I might go over budget and get Win 7 if so.

Definately.
It has a much more powerful, more energy efficient and more overclockable CPU.
Faster DDR3 RAM.
A more powerful graphics card.
A larger, and also faster hard drive.