This problem started to happen recently (maybe 2 ~ 3 months ago).

When I’m playing any game slightly demanding (such as counter strike 2), my laptop will randomly start spinning its fans really fast and loudly and my fps drops from 100 to 70 ~ 60.

This only stops when I restart my laptop.

Does anybody know what might be causing it? This is my pacman -Qe | grep nvidia output:

lib32-nvidia-utils 595.58.03-1
nvidia-hook 1.5-2
nvidia-inst 24-1
nvidia-open 595.58.03-2
nvidia-settings 595.58.03-1

And here’s my fastfetch output

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: Nitro AN517-54 (V1.20)
Kernel: Linux 6.19.10-arch1-1
Uptime: 7 mins
Packages: 1401 (pacman), 23 (flatpak)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Display (AUOB39E): 1920x1080 @ 1.25x in 17", 144 Hz [Built-in]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.6.3
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Breeze (Light) [Qt], Breeze [GTK2/3]
Icons: breeze [Qt], breeze [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: breeze (24px)
Terminal: konsole 25.12.3
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400H (12) @ 4.50 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.45 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 4.92 GiB / 15.39 GiB (32%)
Swap: 0 B / 16.94 GiB (0%)
  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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    11 hours ago

    Try limiting the games FPS to 90 or 80 - that should stop your GPU from running at max FPS, which will cause thermal throttling if the heat cannot be dissipated away fast enough. It also might just be too much dust that limits the fan’s ability to remove heat, so a thorough cleaning might be the simple solution.