Graphics Glitches on Macbook screen also on external display though.

A while after I installed Snow Leopard I started to notice odd glitches I can't think how to describe them. They appear randomly and don't follow anything specific. Anyway has anyone else experienced these? They only started appearing once I had snow leopard installed. I have an early 2008 Macbook 2.4 GHz with an Intel GMA X3100.
I don't think I can post images on here but I have posted this question on a different site with pictures attached of the glitches. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=9310080#post9310080
I don't know if its a problem with Snow Leopard as it only appeared after Snow Leopard was installed or whether the GPU is failing.

Maybe this?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377

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