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While my PC is a pretty decent one and it came up with Ubuntu preinstalled the overheating problem was getting out of hand. I tried so many things like tlp thermald but none worked.

Turns out when NVIDIA is set on Performance Mode in NVIDIA X Server settings it causes the PC to try and use the GPU resources too much. And it was set to Performance Mode by default.

Inspired by this post I could fix it, now I don't even hear the fans and I have no issue running GPU intensive stuff (Not games thought)

NVIDIA X Server Settings

For anyone out there having a similar issue please try this, it might save you a ton of time!

Mert Alnuaimi
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TL;DR Check NVIDIA X Server Settings and change it from Performance Mode to either Power Saving Mode or On-Demand.

Mert Alnuaimi
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I used to have overheating problem which I was able to trace and it related to video driver. Try reducing screen resolution/upgrading the driver, if that works.

IamSushil
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