Display Tears in Flurry Screensaver

Hi I have a Week 43 15" MBP C2D 2.33GHz with a Matte display.
I noticed when testing the Flurry screensaver that when I watch it for a couple of minutes a significant horizontal tear starts from the bottom and works its way to the top. I did read elsewhere on the forum and the web that this is not unusual. I also read that EVERY new Mac with an ATI graphics card suffers this problem as the screensaver hasn't been updated. Is this true? Do other MacBook Pro users notice this?
I do not care about this issue much as I will never really use the screensavers as the notebook is set to sleep first. My main concern is that other 3D Video applications (such as games) might suffer the same problem. The RSS Visualiser seems to be okay and no lines appear. Does anybody have more insight into this issue?

This behaviour is consistant across all Mac systems so please don't be concerned with it.

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