My Macbok is running a bit slow

Hey guys i got a Macbook pro recently. Its a 2.4ghz dual core 4gb ram 250gb hdd.
Iam having bit o trouble when iam running games on it, when i start playing the games run perfect but then after a bit of playing it just starts lagging any idea how to fix or wat it cud be
thanks

Sounds like it's overheating. I set my fans to 5500 RPM and now it's been fine.
This is the app I use for Mac OS X: http://download.cnet.com/smcFanControl/3000-18487_4-102230.html
This one works in Windows (for 13" only) http://sourceforge.net/projects/macfan/

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