So I have a few questions/issues/etcetera I'm just going to list out here.
Software
I'm running on xfce 4.12, with kernel 4.18 in debian unstable. I think I'm using mesa, but I'm a total noob when it comes to AMD so I couldn't swear on it. Compositing works since I have translucent windows, and GL works too. I can play games, but the performance isn't much better than before when eyeballing it. Unfortunately, I can't check my GPU's performance compared to my old card, because glxgears is locked to the refresh rate. (It wasn't under nvidia)
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$ xfce4-about -V
xfce4-about 4.12.1 (Xfce 4.12)
Copyright (c) 2008-2015
The Xfce development team. All rights reserved.
Please report bugs to <http://bugzilla.xfce.org/>.
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$ uname -a
Linux xxxxxxx 4.18.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2 (2018-10-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux
There isn't one. Things are working better out of the box than nvidia did with tweaking, but I'd still like to tweak things if I can. If there isn't a control panel, is there a reference of options for xorg.conf or something?
Tearing Fixed by head on a stick here
One of the biggest advantages of AMD was supposed to be no tearing. I'm getting tearing. On nvidia there was an option buried in the control panel to 'Force full composition pipeline' which did the trick nicely. (Even if you did have to turn it on manually every time you booted/woke your machine) Is there a way to fix the tearing in AMD, or does that only work under wayland? (I'd rather not leave xfce if possible)
Freesync
I have a freesync compatible monitor and card, but no freesync in `xrandr --prop` which the amd website says is where to check. Of course, if I can't fix the tearing, freesync isn't going to be worth much to begin with.
Refresh rate
Displayport 1.2 is supposed to go up to 144hz at 1440p, but I can only go up to 120hz (Or 144hz at 1080) It's a vega 64 and I've heard of people using them 144@1440 but I don't know why I don't have that option
Thanks for reading, I hope someone can answer!