MacBook Pro 17" Game Distortion

I just had my monitor and some internal pieces replaced, and I am getting some funky effects in the game World of Warcraft. I have went threw them and tried all the software solutions, so I figure it is a hardware problem. In the game, I am getting tons of distortion: sometimes it is lots of lines and planes coming out from other players and objects, and other times it is lots of artifacts. I am unsure what to do now, and I really hope there is an easy fix because I just got my mac back after it was away for 2+ weeks getting repaired. The game worked perfectly before my mac went away, and now it is working better on a computer that has specs that are much worse than the macbook pro.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I also get artifacts on any other game that I play. Is this because of their fix to my mac? It seems that they screwed up the video card. I guess I have to go to the mac store again, and have my laptop go away for a week again. This will be the third time it has to get fixed since I bought it less than 4 months ago. Now I am regretting not getting a Dell XPS.

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