My laptop is rising to terrifying temperatures

[Biggest Penguin]

specs:

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
Intel Core i7-10750H
16GB RAM

Lately i've been paying more attention to my laptop's well being
and i've seen that when playing games like minecraft, red dead redemption 2, or pretty much any game with the highest graphics possible, the temperature goes even as high as 92 degrees Celcius. I'm very alarmed by this and want to fix it ASAP before something bad happens. Any solutions?

Edit: thanks for the answers. I'm sorry I didn't put in all my specs because I didnt know what to put there, since I didn't know much about specs at that time.

[Cathulhu]

That's a laptop for you. Cramming all that heat generating hardware in such a small space comes with certain downsides. Like the inability to properly cool the hardware compared to a Desktop PC.

And i sincerely doubt the only thing in your laptop is a videocard.

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

That's how laptops are. They manage higher thermals because they rely on a strict power budget. My laptop can easily reach those temps and still manage to be stable throughout it's use.

You can limit your fps to lower your temps or even try undervolting the CPU to help it manage it's thermals better.

[✨Saint✨]

There is not much to "fix" on a laptop regarding airflow, what could help is the use of a laptop cooler.

[nullable]

You could always get one of those cooling pads, they can help a little bit, elevate the laptop and improve ventilation. But laptops will run hotter, and how good their cooling solution is can vary wildly too.

The laptop will thermal throttle if it needs to. But nothing bad is going to happen because modern electronics are running hotter than you imagine they should be.

[UserNotFound]

I had recently acquired a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (Ryzen R7 5800H, 2x 8GB DDR4 3200MHz, RTX 3070), it was used and the seller informed me that he had it serviced by Lenovo technician 6 months back.

When I gamed with it, I noted that CPU was hitting 102C and GPU was around 90C (even with a CoolerMaster laptop cooling pad below.....that, to me, is hot regardless of whether it's a laptop. I called Lenovo up, the laptop had about 23 months of Premium Care left on it, and they sent a tech guy over. When he'd opened the laptop, this was what we saw:
https://i.imgur.com/Wo6aHI4.jpg

Upon examining further, he'd determined that the fans may have been damaged by the dust and decided to replace the entire cooling assembly:
https://i.imgur.com/OVmvhxw.jpg

Now, I see the CPU hitting a max of ~87C, with GPU at mid-high 70, nothing too bad, and acceptable heat levels to me. My point is, open up the laptop and check the fans or HSF, you might be surprised at the dust accumulation.

[RJS]

My old 2013 alienware was hot enough to cook pancakes on the keyboard and ran 24/7 for over 5 years, (no sleep mode, no standby, power management set to performance, external monitor was only thing I turned on/off) with battery and bottom removed, on mesh laptop stand with external USB fan pointed at it.
It still runs fine, I just retired it because it really shows it's age on newer games and since I've always used it like a desktop I got a real desktop. I almost miss the jet engine background noise I was used to for years playing games.
The jet engine noise even reminded me I had turned the monitor off with a game still running when I went to bed.

[r.linder]

92 degrees is not terrifying for a laptop, that's normal for modern laptops as they've gotten thinner, which limits cooling. You don't need to worry until it's running in excess of 100 to 110 degrees depending on the listed throttle temperature for your hardware.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Google Gaming Laptop Cooling Pad
example only for ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXvKiy65pwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrq-ZhCi1jg

[mtono]

92°C is not really a problem as long as the laptop is working well. what can happen, is that the laptop throttles or stops working. this is no problem, because it doesnt destroy the laptop.
my2ct

[A&A]

Reapplying a termal paste.
And you can limit the fps.
Undervolting the GPU is an option too.

[Haruspex]

Changing the thermal paste can help. Shaved almost 10 degrees off my laptop on average after I swapped out for Grizzly.

[AmaiAmai]

I have the same laptop GPU and 5600H and my CPU temps never go past 70, GPU doesn't go past 54. What I would suggest is you get a cheap notebook cooler and/or set you CPU usage to "99" percent in Windows to disable turbo mode.

If you are gaming in Linux refer to Linux documentation of cpufreq or power management tools for your distribution.

Most laptop 1650s are only 45W, so reaching the 90 C mark suggests an airflow issue.