I don't seem to crash at all with the following setup:
NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 128mb AGP4x version
Driver Version: 4.5.2.3
Driver Installation Package Used:
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows 2000/XP
version 45.23, 07/28/2003
AMD Athlon 1000
1 GB ram
Windows XP Home, SP1a
(all latest hot fixes as of 10-23-03)