Commenting here to keep this bug alive, as it is incredibly frustrating. This happens to me with driver version >331.67. FWIW, I'm using a GTX770.
Looks like the mutter bug (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728464) is almost fixed and the patches are pretty close to being accepted. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #728464 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728464 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1288747/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

