Can't Run 3DMark03 w/GeForce 4 Ti4600

Have a P4/3GHz, 875P, 800FSB, 1Gig/RAM, GF4 Ti-4600,
WinXP-Pro SP1. Using Nvidia drivers 41.09, score on
3DMark2001SE was 14,000. Updated drivers to 43.45 and score
went to 14,350. Frame rates rarely dropped below 100 in
high-detail, 200-300 elsewhere. Smooth, no problems. No
system problems with 43.45. I did the driver update, from
41.09 to 43.45 to have DX9 "compatibility" for running 3DMark03.

When I tried to run 3DMark03, it did OK with the first test
(the planes), but after that, frame rate dropped to less
than 10. Couldn't even finish running the benchmark, PC
locked up on 3rd test, and BSOD indicating some problem with
DirectDraw/drivers. DXDiag tests all run fine.

Will try 44.03 drivers, to see if that makes any difference.
But why would performance drop so much? Shouldn't you be
able to at least run 3DMark03, as long as you have DX9 and
DX9-compatible drivers, with a GF-4 Ti-4600, which is 100%
DX8 compatible?

According to 3DMark's web site, a DX8 compliant graphics
card should be able to run 3DMark03, but certain
DX9-specific tests would not be run. Appreciate any
help/advice.

JJJ