Does this patch help you?

https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/264781/

The easiest way to test it would be to build and try the amd-staging-drm-next 
branch from https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux/?h=amd-staging-drm-next

Which monitors are you using and how are they connected (DP, HDMI, any 
adapters)?

Harry

On 2018-11-22 11:34 a.m., Piotr Karbowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am facing a common issue with a screen artifacts whenever I start my Xorg 
> on AMDGPU driver with display set to 75 Hz 1920x1080. It appears to be 
> hitting all the users of AMDGPU driver.
> 
>     https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96868
>     https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102646
> 
> Here I am running the Polaris, RX 580 8G variant.
> 
> I've noticed that if I disable freesync *before* starting Xorg, which makes 
> my Xorg starts with default 60Hz, I have no screen artifacts. If however I 
> start Xorg with freesync on (in monitor), XOrg defaults to 75 Hz and I have 
> random screen tearing and artifacts. What is worth a note is that if I enable 
> freesync and/or change from 60 Hz to 75 Hz after Xorg started, I have no 
> screen artifacts. Same goes if I switch to 60 Hz via xrandr and/or disable 
> freesync in Monitor OSD during Xorg run time, the screen artifacts still 
> happen.
> 
> Forcing power state to lowest with
> 
>     echo low >/sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level
> 
> Does make the screen artifacts go away, during runtime, without restart.
> 
> I found it a bit surprising that it appears it's about the state of 
> monitor/default frequency  of the moment when Xorg was started rather than 
> the the currently running frequency of the screen. As with low mode, I Have 
> 300 MHz on mclk and sclk and no screen artifacts it may mean that it's not 
> about not enough power on the GPU to handle it, rather than something that 
> happens when the power states switches.
> 
> Some additional information:
> 
> - I am running simple openbox WM
> - Vanilla 4.19.2 kernel
> - x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu-18.1.0
> - x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.3
> 
> Would you kindly share your thoughts about above problem?
> 
> -- Piotr.
> 
> 
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