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I'm currently running Ubuntu Budgie, on my Asus Zenbook UX550ve, but i also had this issue on my previous OS, PopOS!.

Basically after 10 minutes of gaming, my computer starts to perform really poor. You would think it was a throttle issue due to heat, but quitting the game doesn't improve performance. (And looking at the temps doesn't seem alarming)

This is cpupower frequency-info before gaming,

  driver: intel_pstate

  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0

  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0

  maximum transition latency:  Cannot determine or is not supported.

  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.80 GHz

  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave

  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.80 GHz.

                  The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use

                  within this range.

  current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware

  current CPU frequency: 2.26 GHz (asserted by call to kernel)

  boost state support:

    Supported: yes

    Active: yes

And this is after

analyzing CPU 0:

  driver: intel_pstate

  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0

  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0

  maximum transition latency:  Cannot determine or is not supported.

  hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.80 GHz

  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave

  current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.80 GHz.

                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use

                  within this range.

  current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware

  current CPU frequency: 266 MHz (asserted by call to kernel)

  boost state support:

    Supported: yes

    Active: yes

Its current frequency will range from 200 to 800. Only a restart brings back normal levels.

I've have tried the following

Updating my bios.

Update to latest graphics driver (1050TI).

Pulling the battery from the motherboard for 2 minutes.

Force performance mode with sudo cpupower frequency-set --governor performance

But neither works. It's incredible frustrating, and i'm all out of ideas. :/

Your computer may have some minimal tools in BIOS to prevent overheat damage - and the processor being hot may not translate to "my computer feels hot to the touch"

I use a set of utilities to manage power and thermal (potential) problem in my laptop. First, install power management tools, and a program to limit CPU speed in severe cases

sudo apt install tlp thermald

Tlp has many customizable settings in /etc/default/tlp

Secondly, install programs to show me the internal temperatures of my computer:

sudo apt install --install-suggests lm-sensors psensor

sudo sensors-detect

just follow the prompts. Add the recommended lines to /etc/modules.

Now, if you don't want to reboot, you'll have to manually activate the modules.

sudo modprobe module1 module2

where module1 etc. = the module names provided from sensors-detect.

You may also need to add utilities to control the fan in your laptop

sudo apt install fancontrol

sudo pwmconfig

and work your way through the instructions there.

Finally, run sensors -s to make your fan configuration take effect.

sudo sensors -s

Now, you can check your temps.

sensors

Now to run fan control, type:

sudo /usr/sbin/fancontrol &