I've been experiencing major graphical glitches in gnome-shell and its derivatives (such as cinnamon).
The glitches are present on every menu/modal/etc managed by the shell (applications such as nautilus seem to be fine)
Could it be something to do with my graphics card?
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
OpenGL version string: 3.3.11005 Compatibility Profile Context