Weird Display issue MacBook Pro 2010 15"

Hey
i recently turned my MacBook pro on and after about ten minutes my display started to flicker some coloured lines until settling on this flickering:
I restarted, tried to see if any updates where avaiable neither of which helped,
I took a screen shot and emailed it to my partners Laptop and the lines wern't there, so i dont think it is a software problem.
i then shut down my laptop for the night and turned it on the next day and it was fine, about 40 minutes on it and it started flashing again but didnt go as bad as the previous day, It hasnt done it since but im slightly concerned as you can imagine.
Tech Tool Deluxe reports no problems at all.
I do have apple care but im out the country at the moment so not much i can do about it if things get worse, i will be taking it to get checked over when i return home in a month!
Has anyone had similar issues, or got any ideas as to what caused this?
Specs:
MacBook Pro 2010 I5 2.53Ghz 15"
8gb Crucial Memory Ram
Stock 500Gb 7200RPM Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 640gb 5000RPM in Optibay
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB graphics and built in card

I will have to when i get home in a month,
it hasn't done it for a while now so hopefully i can last out the month with out any serious problems, my main concern is the graphics going completly and me not being able to use my laptop at all!

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