The best thing to do is to step back one version at a time until the problems go away.

From past experience it seems to me that the 4x.xx sets are the best overall ones to use for a GeForce4 Ti - with 40.41 being the baseline. Start with that one, and if the problem still occurs, as mentioned above, keep regressing.

What's the manufacturer of your card? Perhaps you might also be better off using manufacturer drivers (as they are generally more tailored to your specific card configuration) instead of the reference ones.

thanks for the hints, it's an asus v8460, I'll try the asus ones now

I've used the 2x drivers with my GF3 Ti200 without any issues. Seeing as they're quite similar cards with the same drivers, you might wanna give those a try.

the original 4600 was most likely damaged, since I replaced it by another 4600 card the display glitch is gone

Before you toss it, why not make sure if it works in another computer. The SS7 motherboards didn't always use strong enough regulators. The new card could just be drawing less power than the one before.

EDIT: case in point of even a voodoo 3 card which uses alot less power.

9. Is the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 compatible with my motherboard? […]
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9. Is the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 compatible with my motherboard?

Here is a list of known motherboard hardware issues (voltage hardware issues will affect AGP models only):

The Abit LX6 pre-revision 1.1 has a known voltage issue.

The revision 1.05 Asus P2L97 has a known voltage issue. http://www.asus.com.tw/Products/Techref/Misc/ … tnt-rework.html

The pre-revision 1.10 Asus P2B is missing a necessary jumper to set the AGP slot to 66mhz.

The FIC PA-2013 (other than revision 2.1 PCB) has a voltage issue which will burn out the motherboard after an extended period of time using the Voodoo3.

FIC has a new VA-503+ FAQ which gives instruction on how to make an AGP Voodoo3 card work properly with this motherboard. http://www.fica.com/english/techsupp/faq/socket7/FAQ503+.htm

The FIC VB-601-V will fail to load Windows (protection error) with the current AMI Bios.

Multiple Gigabyte boards have known voltage issues, including the: GA-BXC , GA-BXE, and the GA-BX2000.

Here is a handy list (from the Gigabyte German website, no less) of Gigabyte boards that WILL work with the Voodoo3:

GA-BX2000 PCB ver.1.1 Jumper 20 und 21 muß gesetzt sein
GA-6BXC PCB ver.2.0
GA-6BXE PCB ver.2.0
GA-6BX7 PCB ver.1.4
GA-6BA PCB ver.3.0
GA-6ZXC PCB ver.2.0
GA-6VXE PCB ver.2.2
GA-6VA7 PCB ver.1.2

AGP voltage regulator notes: There is a problem with the combination of older motherboards and newer AGP graphic cards. This is due to the fact that some of the early AGP motherboards used a linear regulator to control the power supply to the AGP slot. Linear regulators can supply at most 2.5A of current, while the switching regulator used on newer motherboards can supply up to 6A at 3.3V. When these motherboards with linear regulators were produced, the average consumption of a graphics card was 1 to 2A, making a supply of 2.5A more than sufficient. Since then, graphic cards have developed and currently the average consumption is between 4 and 5A. This is no problem for motherboards using a switching regulator, but older boards with a linear regulator may run into issues such as overheating, burnouts, and lockups.

Referenced from: http://falconfly.de/info/faqV33k2k.html#q9