Yet another question about temperatures

[SteneDave]

I just tested a few games running on my MBP 15' 2010 Base:
I have OCed the nVidia 330M from 500/790/1100 to 575/790/1265

Everything tested on Windows 7 64bit with MBP placed on a book in my bed

Shift 2: (One race)

OCed - Starting temp: 62° goes upto 87° then the fans kick in to keep it on average 77°

Not OCed - surprisingly exactly the same temperatures, but the 87° held there for a shorter period of time, about 20 seconds less before the fan kicked in

Crysis 2: (Beginning of a mission)


OCed - Starting temp: 56° goes upto 90° then the fans keep it on 79° on average

Not OCed - The top temperature is 90° as well, but holds there about ten seconds less then when oced before the fans kick in

Modern Warfare 2: (Longer session - about two hours playing online)


OCed - Before the fans kick in, it goes upto 86°, the average for a whole match is 77° in lobby goes to 66° and this repeats every match


The temperature of the room is 75-76°F

Logs done with nVidia System Monitor, Driver 275.33 original, OCed with nVidia Performance.

My question is, if this is ok ? the 90° by Crysis 2 scared me a bit.

What do you think ?

Thx

 

[Blondie :)]

it's fine. You only have to worry when your computer shuts off. And that happens at around 100C. The highest mine has gotten was 94C

 

[adrian1480]

that is indeed normal.

 

[upaymeifixit]

Yeah, 90° would be as high as I go, but even that shouldn't do much harm. The only thing I would worry about is the components around it (capacitors and such) getting too hot, but I don't know much about that, so I don't know if it is something to be worried about.

I know Intel CPUs you can't really fry because they lower their frequency based on the temperature, but I don't know if nVidia GPUs do the same.

Found another thread here. GGJstudios made a good point, your MacBook Pro should shut itself off if it gets too hot. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1071698/

 

[SteneDave]

Thanks guys, maybe the 90° was achieved because the MBP was not sitting above the ground on its stands, I ll test it further.

Although its weird, that with the base clock the temp went upto 90°...