Now with Creative banshee and Iwill vd133, PIII450, 64MB PC100 sdram. Some screen blinking.
Manufacturers are no help.
I believe that 3dfx is still working on perfecting the drivers for this game. And, yes, the first thing I do with any hardware or software I install is get the latest drivers, patches, etc. This problem is largely making and DOS screen impossible, as well as adjusting the bios, etc. since I can't see what I'm doing. Sorta like zen computing, in a ifficult way. My solution is to keep resetting until finally, for no discernable reason, it all boots fine and runs Quake III etc wonderfully.