I can confirm this same problem on Edgy. Information about my VGA card (also taken from Device Manager):
Vendor: nVidia Corporation Product: GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) -- Strange artifacts in text fields within web applications when moving cursor with keyboard https://launchpad.net/bugs/50768 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs