GPU Diode above 90 C?

Hey guys, this morning I logged onto Starcraft 2 on my Macbook pro(13-inch/2012) just to see if my buddies were online and after 5 min my GPU temp diode rose up to 98 C. Is this a problem? I wasn't even in-game, just in the menus. My macbook is less than 1 month old.
2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
256GB Solid State Drive

Yes, that is a problem.
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu.  Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order.  If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar.  Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.

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