Update: Seems this configuration is effective for many different systems, according to feedback, including Mint, OpenSUSE and Gentoo. I expect it will work with most systems, with the exception of those with hybrid graphics. It’s most likely using Xorg-server 1.19 or Wayland may correct such issues.

In /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory, edit (or create) a file called 20-radeon.conf (look for amdgpu.conf for users with the amdgpu drivers) with the following contents:

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf

    Section "Device"
        Identifier "Radeon"
        Driver "radeon"
        Option "TearFree" "on"
    EndSection

restart gdm

A modified version of the configuration may also improve performance, by utilizing DRI (direct rendering infrastructure) 3.

• This has certain improvements for the way the X server handles rendering.
• Also enabling Glamor (if not enabled already by default) can improve 2D rendering tasks, performing them through Mesa’s OpenGL libraries.
  • Older AMD cards will not support Glamor.
• The enhanced configuration is as follows:

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf

    Section "Device"
        Identifier "Radeon"
        Driver "radeon"
        Option "TearFree" "on"
        Option "DRI" "3"
        Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
    EndSection