Dock Icons and desktop video issue

I downloaded Lion yesterday and ever since, the destop background is blurry in some areas and when I scroll across the docked icons I get black backgrounds each icon I scroll across. It almost seems like my video card cannot handle the graphics. However, it does seem to work fine if I use the solid color option under desktop and screensaver. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hi PBishop79,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you are seeing unexpected behavior with your desktop icons, I recommend trying the troubleshooting steps in this article first:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
All the best,
Jeremy

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