Hdx 18t GPU: How hot is too hot?

Hello,
I have a HDX 18t i bought off a friend. I noticed that while playing games (WoW, starcraft 2), the GPU gets pretty hot... i have maxed out at 79 degrees C which is crazy hot. I have heard however, that laptop GPUs tend to run hotter, wanted to get an idea of what is considered really hot. I called HP support, and they said they can run up to 90 degrees C without issue, so this is ok. Can a gpu run this hot and still be ok? My desktop GPU rarely runs above 60 degrees C.
Note that the laptop doesnt restart while playing (yet) but i rarely play continously for an hour. Also, I have one of those zalaman NC2000 laptop coolers, but doesnt really seem to help the hot GPU issue.

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