MBP overheating

[gaming8080]

Hi,

I just got a new MacBook Pro (Late 2011) and I recently installed windows 7 professional via boot camp.

While running a game/simulation called Flight Simulator X (FSX) the temperature rose dramatically to 90C - 95C. As I know that the maximum operating temperature is 100C. Is this normal?
I installed smcFanControl on Lion and it was 60C on 3000 rpm... Currently it is 52C - 2123rpm just on surfing the web. No apps opened.

My MBP specs are as follows...
13-inch Late 2011 model
2.4 GHz Intel core i5
4GB 1333 HMz DDR3
Intel Graphics 3000 384mb
OS X Lion

Many Thanks

BTW, the rating on windows is 5.6 out of 7.0

 

[mulo]

hot: we all know what hot means
overheat: become so hot it causes the machine to shut down.

 

[Macman45]

FSX is pretty intensive if you crank it up...If you have SMC installed and you have re-set it, I wouldn't worry about those temps. Your Mac will shut down to protect itself if it redlines.

 

[negativzero]

FSX is pretty intensive if you crank it up

This, plus I feel that OP is asking for it when trying to play a game like FSX on a 13". It will kill the machine sooner than later, regardless if it overheats or not.

 

[Macman45]

This, plus I feel that OP is asking for it when trying to play a game like FSX on a 13". It will kill the machine sooner than later, regardless if it overheats or not.

Agreed, you need a decent GPU to play it....

 

[TheRdungeon]

that's pretty normal bro

 

[gaming8080]

This, plus I feel that OP is asking for it when trying to play a game like FSX on a 13". It will kill the machine sooner than later, regardless if it overheats or not.

So does that mean it is not recommended to play fsx on a mbp 13' ?

FSX is pretty intensive if you crank it up...If you have SMC installed and you have re-set it, I wouldn't worry about those temps. Your Mac will shut down to protect itself if it redlines.

So would the Macbook Pro shut down automatically even if i'm running windows and not mac os x?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

So does that mean it is not recommended to play fsx on a mbp 13' ?

Because the 13" MBP does not have a proper dedicated GPU to play demanding games with.

So would the Macbook Pro shut down automatically even if i'm running windows and not mac os x?

Yes. It is in the actual hardware.