@Lord Gandalf thanks ill try that in a bit. have to put this on hold for now.
@Capt. Lucky if its a problem with the card, its that its too "good". geforce 1000 series is pretty standard right now for modern games. (i of course didnt buy the card just to play UO, classic client doesnt even utilize a video card which is what i mainly play, but am hoping to do an EC setup)
i tried a few things in EC settings (everything was default) like v-sync, and changing the resultion but still having the problem.
i dragged the map off to the side, restarted UO, and if i dont ever move the map its fine. the backpack and other windows do not have this issue in default resolution, but the backpack was having this issue in a few other resolutions i tried. computer resolution is pretty standard 1440 by 1080.
So its playable as long as i never move the map, but would like to be able to fix this or figure out why its doing this.