When I ordered CM I was running a Voodoo 3 2000 on a WIN2K P3-450, in preparation (whilst CM was in transit to the UK) I downloaded the latest 3Dfx drivers AND started reading the forums!
What I read about the Voodoo 3 was unsettling but I play the game for 3/4 night without any sign of the problems, however the damage was done and I arranged to 'borrow' a Creative Geforce 2 GTS on approval from a colleague who'd brought but didn't really need or want it.
I installed the Creative with the drivers supplied in the box and again no problem BUT I downloaded firstly the latest creative drivers and then Nvidia's 5.32 and 6.18 drivers.
All of the downloaded drivers exhibit the flashing text and mouse problems (FSAA has no apparent affect) therefore I'm back to using the Creative versions from out of the box.
Unfortunately these drivers are only identified as GB0010 V1.00 so you may not able to located them.
If we get a fix from BTS (or whoever) I'll retry the downloaded versions although I'm tempted just to forget about all the video card issues and play the game instead - It's ASL on a PC - what I've wanted for 10-15 Years!.
Jeff.