Odd anomaly in Safari

This happens only in Safari.
When I'm in the "Top Site" view and click on one of my "sites" at least 1/2 the time before the site pops up on the screen I get this odd sort of gray green giant pixilation thing. Sort of an extreme closeup view of the the pixels that make up a letter or number. It what a crossword puzzle would look like except the boxes are grey-green on a white back ground.
It happens constantly-flashes then disappears. Haven't been able to take a picture or video, I suppose I could try. Took it to Genius Bar and of course didn't happen in front of them. Does not happen in Firefox, only in Safari.
Also, I have the Macbook Pro 2.4 with the suspect video chip-but I don't think it is related.
Anyone?

I get the gray box sometimes. Must be the IPS or Safari being slow in suppling the web page (or something). Never really paid attention to it.

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