My screen re-draw gets completely hosed

I have a Mac Pro with 4 monitors; I've been using it for a couple of years now, with no problem. Over the last few months, I've noticed that after a while, screen redraws (like after I move a window) get completely messed up. Remarkably, this is visible to screengrab, so you can see what it looks like here:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?2n4pj9g2i33x0nk
it's worst on one of the monitors, but does happen on one of the others. Usually going to Dashboard and back clears it up, but not always.   Also, a weird thing affects Firefox - the window contents go completely black sometimes. Sometimes moving it to a different monitor makes it show up again, and sometimes not.   I've had one of the video cards replaced (the one running the monitors where this happens most often) but it's still happening. And it's not consistent enough so that if I taker the machine to Apple, they'd have to work on it for weeks maybe to see this behavior. How do I debug this problem? What could be causing it? The fact that grabscreen sees it also must be a clue, yes? Hardware profile here:
Slot-1 has PCIe:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120:
Chipset Model:    NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
Type:    GPU
Bus:    PCIe
Slot:    Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width:    x16
VRAM (Total):    512 MB
Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:    0x0640
Revision ID:    0x00a1
ROM Revision:    3386
Displays:
Cinema HD:
Resolution:    1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth:    32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number:    2A6072U4UG0
Mirror:    Off
Online:    Yes
Rotation:    Supported
DELL E2209W:
Resolution:    1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth:    32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number:    F180G92H06VM
Mirror:    Off
Online:    Yes
Rotation:    Supported
Slot2 has PCIe:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120:
Chipset Model:    NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
Type:    GPU
Bus:    PCIe
Slot:    Slot-2
PCIe Lane Width:    x16
VRAM (Total):    512 MB
Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:    0x0640
Revision ID:    0x00a1
ROM Revision:    3386
Displays:
Cinema HD:
Resolution:    1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth:    32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number:    2A7102D4UG0
Main Display:    Yes
Mirror:    Off
Online:    Yes
Rotation:    Supported
SyncMaster:
Resolution:    1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth:    32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number:    H9LQ100713
Mirror:    Off
Online:    Yes
Rotation:    Supported
Adapter Type:    Mini DisplayPort To Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Adapter Firmware Version:     1.02

http://www.macupdate.com/find/mac/temperature
You should have one utility to monitor system thermal readiings, fans etc.
iStatPro or Hardware Monitor; and SmcFanControl 2.3+
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrol
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrolor this:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1340705
There is also a widget to help boost the fans more proactively than the system does to respond to changes in temperature.
Normally AMD has a control panel to monitor GPU temp and fan (and allow user control) but not sure that is an option - check around - under Mac OS.
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http://www.micromat.com/techtoolpro

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