What temperature is normal for gaming laptop?

[🔥Astral Rage🔥]

Hey everyone
I wanted to ask what temperature is normal for gaming laptop

My laptop specs are
GTX 1650 4 GB VRAM , 16 GB RAM
Ryzen 5-3550H
Asus Tuf Gaming laptop FX705DT 17.3 inch

My laptop is now 3 years old and will be 4 years old next year
I haven't been playing games much since past 2 years
but whenever I play games like AOE 3 DE , AOE IV i get temperatures close to 85C and above

what particular temperature is limit for my laptop
I am planning to change my thermal paste since i have never done it will it cause any significant changes in temperature ? and upto what degree?

Please let me know as I plan on playing games like AOE 3 DE , AOE IV and maybe Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Let me know your suggestions

Thank you
Peace out

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Origineel geplaatst door 🔥Astral Rage🔥:

...i get temperatures close to 85C and above

Still well below throttling limits.

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Origineel geplaatst door cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Origineel geplaatst door 🔥Astral Rage🔥:

...i get temperatures close to 85C and above

Still well below throttling limits.

:summercat2023:

What are throttling limits?

[nullable]

Well what gets to 85C? The CPU or the GPU? What are your idle temps?

At any rate 85C is within specs, and the CPU and GPU will throttle as needed to avoid exceeding thermal limits. So have you noticed bad performance from throttling?

I mean laptops are a small form factor with limited ventilation, they run hot and gaming puts a high load on the CPU and GPU. Making sure it's relatively clean, the fans work, and you're not doing anything to impede airflow (like putting the laptop on your bed) you should generally be fine.

Replacing the thermal paste isn't a terrible idea, although getting into the guts of the laptop may be a hassle, and unless there's something wrong with your existing thermal paste (like the laptop was always throttling) I wouldn't expect more than a few degrees improvement, at best.

[Crazy Tiger]

When it dies in a fire it's too hot.

Mine gets around 70 as max. I do keep it clean by removing dust often enough, keeping vents clear and having the laptop on a stable place (table/desk, and when on couch a laptop board, never directly on blankets of such).

Origineel geplaatst door 🔥Astral Rage🔥:

Origineel geplaatst door cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Still well below throttling limits.

What are throttling limits?

Depends on the CPU/GPU, but usually around 95-100 or such.

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Origineel geplaatst door 🔥Astral Rage🔥:

Origineel geplaatst door cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Still well below throttling limits.

:summercat2023:

What are throttling limits?

The point where the CPU or GPU will start underclocking to keep the temps in a safe range. Different CPU's and GPU's have different limits. Older hardware was often in the 85C range, so that's still what I think. While some hardware might be OK at 95-100C I wouldn't be shocked if the throttle limits for your hardware were a bit lower. But that's info you can look up yourself.

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Origineel geplaatst door nullable:

Well what gets to 85C? The CPU or the GPU? What are your idle temps?

At any rate 85C is within specs, and the CPU and GPU will throttle as needed to avoid exceeding thermal limits. So have you noticed bad performance from throttling?

I mean laptops are a small form factor with limited ventilation, they run hot and gaming puts a high load on the CPU and GPU. Making sure it's relatively clean, the fans work, and you're not doing anything to impede airflow (like putting the laptop on your bed) you should generally be fine.

Replacing the thermal paste isn't a terrible idea, although getting into the guts of the laptop may be a hassle, and unless there's something wrong with your existing thermal paste (like the laptop was always throttling) I wouldn't expect more than a few degrees improvement, at best.

GPU is 85 C dont know about CPU
idle temp is 41 C

[nullable]

Well as far as the GPU goes, that seems fine to me. If there was some issue with your thermal paste or cooling I'd expect it to be idling high. 41C is fine for a laptop.

For perspective my desktop 3080 ti is idling at 55C. (granted it's significantly different GPU, in a desktop, I'm just saying there's nothing wrong or concerning with 41C on a 1650)

[metamec]

Some laptops are so badly designed that even if the temps are below the TjMax for CPU and GPU respectively, the heat might still be problematic for surrounding components.

Many years ago some keys began misbehaving on a laptop of mine, and I realised that the heat from the dedicated Nvidia GPU had warped the retainer clips beneath them.

[CPT_Jack]

is it okay when i play tarkov on max settings for my cpu to get 98C thats like a constant and even if i change the settings it does not really help much i am just concerned my laptop will ruin its internals

[Yandy]

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