100C while gaming on a MBP and throttling

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100C while gaming on a MBP and throttling

So I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro 15" with an i7-2720QM,16 gigs,HD 6750M 1GB GDDR5,

I replaced the thermal paste with MX4, cleaned the fans, added thermal pads so the heat can exhaust through the bottom cover, and if i play a game newer than 2007 the cpu gets to 100c and then throttles to 800mhz and the temperature decreases to 87C even at 100 percent fan speed... Games become very unplayable even with a GPU overclock.

If I disable PROCHOT games suddenly become fully playable but the CPU sits at 100C which is its max temperature, the macbook doesnt turn off even though it should at 100C since its it TJUNCTION.

Anyone else having these temperatures and problems? and is it even safe to use it at 100c?

Posted on Apr 18, 2021 5:08 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Apr 18, 2021 5:33 AM in response to Andreas-TheAppleUser

You may want to consider a gaming desktop. 😉

The 2011 with AMD GPU issues that you have re-flowed several times, has a mobile GPU, not a desktop GPU. At 100C, you will run into issues sooner than later.

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Answer 2

Apr 18, 2021 6:47 AM in response to Loner T

I have a gaming desktop, but because of the portability,mac os simplicity,the keyboard, im forced to use this mac as basically mostly a main computer, i noticed the gpu temperature staying at 81c which is not bad, the gpu failed for me at 90c, im more worried on the cpu side of things, oh and btw, havent we met before?

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Loner T

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Apr 18, 2021 7:59 AM in response to Andreas-TheAppleUser

If you can keep the Mac ventilated, 100C may still be an acceptable state for gaming. You also mention that games released after 2007 make the CPU work much harder. Thermal throttling is a key factor in Desktop vs Laptop choices. I agree that macOS may be a more compelling choice, but Windows is pretty good, too.

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