W520 graphics/visual corruption

Hi folks
So I have visual error/corruption and I'm assuming its something to do with the graphics card/s on the machine.
It appears across various applications, word, powerpoint, thunderbird, spotify, photoshop, acid pro and some others...
see these images for an example.
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/28/graphicscorrupt05.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3254/graphicscorrupt06.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3784/graphicscorrupt04.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6073/graphicscorrupt03.jpg
i seem to get random drop out on the interface of the respective piece of software at the time it is running,
it doesnt always happen and perhaps a day may go by with no problems.... but then it comes back
chunks of the interface will double-up or disappear and scrolling over often makes invisible bits reappear.
Minimizing then re-maximizing the app often refreshes it and it goes back to normal or in thundirbird saving the open email composition will bring the text back into alignment and make it all legible again....
i have updated my drivers on both the onboard graphics and the Nvidia Quadro 2000M
with no joy or luck.
i cant seem to pinpoint what it may be
any ideas anyone
or is/has anyone experienced the same problems?

Adlib:
I think you might want to do a bit more troubleshooting, to narrow down the cause of the problem, before attempting to take action to solve the problem.
Unless someone else has had prior experience with exactly this problem and can provide a 'magic bullet' solution, I think you should go into the BIOS and set the machine to run exclusively on the discrete graphics, and then see if the problem persists. Then, after sufficient experience with that modality, try setting the machine to run exclusively on integrated graphics and see if the problem persists.
If nothing else, that will allow you to narrow the problem down to one of the two graphics modes.
You might also want to consider going into the 'Power Manager' and setting the machine up as 'High Performance' to ensure that no energy-saving initiatives are muddying the waters.
Michael
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