Overheating laptop

[CaptainPkmn]

My fiance has a Dell G5 15 5590 Gaming Laptop:
Intel Core i7-9750H 6-Core Processor 2.6GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Graphics, 16GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM, 512GB PCle NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive, ...
Problem is that it overheats to 87+ C and burns her fingers if she keeps playing.
This happens on Valheim, Rogue Company, Genshin Impact, etc.
All games engine in common are Unity made games. So my question is how can I keep her laptop from overheating and we can play more Valheim than just 15 minutes play-time?
What we tried:
-Changing quality to extremely low and all that does nothing.
-Went into Bios to turn on & off of Dell Turbo Boost
-Set the game in Nvidia Control Panel with RTX 2060

I just don't understand why it's overheating. I'm guessing it's because of the memory speed sitting at 2.6 GHz? Even though it may run, it's running hot?

Is underclocking a viable solution and worth it?

[LordOfTheBread]

Go into your Nvidia control panel and limit your FPS to 60. That should fix the overheating.

[Pie Eater]

If I recall, 87+ degrees for a CPU or GPU is pretty common on your average gaming laptop when it's actually being taxed. If you haven't set a 60fps lock, definitely try that. Your current RAM speed should not matter at all with how much heat your CPU and GPU are producing, too.


I would definitely recommend a slight CPU undervolt as discussed in this review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfszKYC2Fus

The game is also made by a really small team, an optimization is always up in the air on these types of games.

[Battery PWR Low]

You can under clock or lower power consumption of the GPU a bit. It will lower performance, but less power means less heat. Or run it in ECO Mode.

[Prismatic Platypus]

Limit the fps in nvidia control panel.

[Xellot]

I'm currently on this exact same laptop, with upgraded RAM, SSD and an HDD, and I don't have any overheating issues. Though to be fair, I use it as a "desktop" while gaming with the screen closed, using a wireless keyboard and mouse and monitor plugged in. This particular laptop model is known to run hot, though it certainly shouldn't be making the keyboard that hot I think. I'd recommend watching a YouTube tutorial on how to reapply thermal paste to the CPU and GPU (I'd recommend Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste) and attempt that, if that doesn't solve the issue I'd contact Dell.

Quick edit: I also use a laptop cooling pad beneath the laptop, I'd highly recommend getting one if you aren't using one currently.

[Canine]

no joke get a small fan and keep it pointed at it