MBP late 2008: Will the Graphic card melt?

[ibanana]

After 2h playing Far Cry 2 through Boot Camp Windows XP here are the temperature (in C°) of the MBP

Will the Graphic card melt at one stage ?!

 

[Eidorian]

Only 70° C? I'd start getting concerned at 90° C.

 

[blurb23]

Woah, your fans are going at 6,000+ RPMs?

Is that... normal?

Granted, after gaming the fans are going to be going at a higher speed, but I didn't expect them to be THAT much higher than normal.

 

[bmcgrath]

Thats nothing

My MBP can hit 80c.
My gaming pc graphics card can hit about 90....
So don't worry

 

[alphaod]

Sure it'll melt. The melting point of silicon is only 1410ºC

 

[m1stake]

Sure it'll melt. The melting point of silicon is only 1410ºC

NOW I'm worried!!

 

[pavenger]

That's nothing! i had my 9600m gt at 193ºF and my fans running over 7000rpm's. I stopped playing my game immediately. I'm actually about to call apple about it now and ask if I should be worried that some plastic might melt or something

 

[mknawabi]

That's nothing! i had my 9600m gt at 193ºF and my fans running over 7000rpm's. I stopped playing my game immediately. I'm actually about to call apple about it now and ask if I should be worried that some plastic might melt or something

yeah, thats 90C. what game were you playing?

 

[Chundles]

Those temps are barely warm let alone hot. If I'm encoding video I'll see high 80's before the fans really kick in.

There are a hell of a lot of failsafes before heat will start causing issues.

 

[MKnight]

People... CPUs and GPUs run hot and are designed to withstand extreme heat conditions. If I'm not mistaken Intel CPUs will shut down once they reach a threshold of about 110 degrees celsius since they have a thermal diode that monitors heat.