Late 2013, 27" 3.2GHz iMac random "graphics" errors with Yosemite

Since upgrading to Yosemite I am encountering random "graphics errors".
Sometimes happens with an Apple report, some times without.
In some cases, it causes a logout (not reboot or kernel panic). After logging
back in the small "graphics error" box is there.
It is always happening at least once during a browsing session in Safari, often
more. It is also not website dependent as going back and reloading the pages where
the problem occurred will work without the problem.
With Mail, it is even worse. Simply getting email is not a problem. It happens
if multiple apps are open and I try to create a Mail message. This is when
I get the sudden logout situation. The only way I can compose an email
is to close all other apps.
Memory is NOT an issue as I have 24GB installed.
Anyone having the same issues or clues as to how to fix????
NOTE: Everything works flawlessly and as it should if I boot into
Mavericks.

same problem here screen random glitches while surfing the web with macbook pro retina 13 late 24 model. Just graphic issues *for example i may zoom in photo on the web and it may appear a random line or glitch) yosemite is really bad

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                    disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 120.99 GB
                    Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 134.2 MB
          APPLE HDD ST3000DM001 disk1 : (3 TB)
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 3 TB
                    Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
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                    Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
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Launch Daemons:
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          [loaded]          com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded]          com.bombich.ccc.plist
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User Launch Agents:
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3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins::
          AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
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          None
Old applications:
          SA Color Finesse 3 UI:          Version: 3.0.6(275) - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Adobe After Effects CS6/Plug-ins/Effects/Synthetic Aperture/(CF3 Support)/SA Color Finesse 3 UI.app
Time Machine:
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine work [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 1
                    Total number of backups: 10
                    Oldest backup: 2013-12-17 13:21:54 +0000
                    Last backup: 2013-12-19 16:20:21 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Excellent
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Top Processes by CPU:
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          EtreCheck
               0%          mds
               0%          mds_stores
               0%          hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
          66 MB          Dropbox
          66 MB          mds_stores
          66 MB          Dock
          33 MB          Finder
          33 MB          ocspd
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          1.51 GB          Active RAM
          146 MB          Inactive RAM
          1.46 GB          Wired RAM
          272 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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