Weird nVidia problem (only at 1024x768)

Hello there,
i have a small problem with my nVidia GFX and playing games, in every game the 1024x768 resolution in somewhat garbled... This happens only at 1024x768, when i try lower (down to 640x480) oder higher (up to 1600x1200) settings, everything is ok...
So, whats now my problem? Since i am not as good in english, its hard to describe for me. It seems that only every second line is drawed at 1024x768, and this happens to every game i try...
Well, pictures say more than words...
This is what it looks like at 1024x768:
And this is what i should get normally:
This is the first time i experience this, and i just don`t know how to handle it. And as 1024x768 ist just the perfect res for my aging machine to play games (higher = slower) i ask you here....
Some specs of my hardware/drivers:
AMD AthlonXP 1600+
VIA KT133a
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 LE
Drivers are the 1.0.8178-16's from the repos and kernel
is also from the repos, kernel26 2.6.16.9-1... Xorg is 7.0...
So, how can i deal with this, or, has anyone experienced this too?
Greetings
Funkyou
EDIT - attached xorg.xonf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "F730"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-115
VertRefresh 50-160
DisplaySize 363.0 272.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200SE]"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "on"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200SE]"
Monitor "F730"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1440" "1856x1392" "1792x1344" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "true"
EndSection

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