Screen corruption 17" MBP i7

i all
Just noticed this problem in the last few months.
Have a unibody 17" i7 MBP and get the screen corruption primarily when running Safari 5.0 (whatever the newest build is).
Interestingly enough I run a program called gxfCardStatus and if I choose Nvidia rather than Intel (or Auto which = Intel) the corruption goes away. If I choose Intel again the corruption is back.
Not sure if this is a hardware issue or just a serious bug introduced by Safari 5.0. I don't remember having the problem before upgrading.
Here is a screen capture
http://users.tpg.com.au/soupratt/test2.jpg

As I recall, the new MBPs have dual GPUs which can be alternated between. So, it looks like your low power Intel graphics chip is bad. Which means you have a choice.
Option A is to take it to an Apple store or AASP to have the logic board replaced.
Option B is to just keep using the nVidia graphics chip, sacrificing some battery life when you don't really need the extra graphics processing power.

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ht.tp://i.imgur.com/xdEPS7h.jpg
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