How to solve video tearing on AMD Graphics in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS, etc.

*This works only with Open Source Video Drivers  !NOT WITH CATALYST DRIVER

!!!First install mesa utilitis if u dont have it!!

Type this into your terminal

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

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Now to solve the video tearing

Type this into your terminal

sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

echo -e 'Section "Device" Identifier "Radeon" Driver "radeon" Option "TearFree" "on" EndSection' | sudo tee /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amd.conf

sudo reboot

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*"sudo reboot" will restart the pc!!!!

To revert back to the default acceleration method , just delete the file you created.

Type this into your terminal

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amd.conf

sudo reboot

*"sudo reboot" will restart the pc!!!!