Pixel artifacts and other graphical irregularities after install

Hello all.
Just did an archive and install of Leopard, and everything seems to be working right--except there are odd graphical irregularities popping up in windows.
An example of what I'm talking about is here:
http://just-in.org/etc/artifacts.png
You'll see two lines of irregular pixels. These are not on the screen, but rather attached to the window itself. When I move the window around the pixels move with the window.
Has anyone else ran into this? Normally I'd say this is a driver problem, but since OSX has the latest driver I'm kind of stuck.

This is a screen shot from the main display on my MBP. If I remember correctly, when I have my external display plugged in (snugly), it also occurs on that display. Moreover, I think if it were a hardware issue, then it would not show up in a screen shot. I know what loose video cable connections look like (at least from the DVI-out port) and this is not what they look like. The distortions also follow the window and have a tendency to appear/change/disappear if there is a redraw of the window.
There are also other redraw errors occurring--random distortions of windows and icons that usually fix themselves when redrawn.
In short, to me it appears to be a graphics driver/graphics card corruption problem. I am considering doing a complete clean install to see if that changes anything. Fortunately I make more backups than I know what to do with, so that's an option.
It might also have something to do with the heat generated by the computer. I've noticed that when the MBP is cool, the lines tend not to appear. When it heats up, however, the lines tend to appear more often.
Further, I have been experiencing random freezes with Leopard, which may or may not be connected to this issue.
On a side note, I've basically kept the same home folder since OS X 10.0 and I've only reinstalled OS X one or two times in the past 5 or 6 years. Who knows what corruptions I am bringing with me through all these OSes and machines!
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