Heat and fast fans during gameplay...

I can get about 20-30 minutes playing a game until my MPB starts to overheat at 170 F. The fans blast off to about 3500rpms and the game gets very bogged. The MBP is on a flat surface the whole time.

Even though it helps out some people i'm not a fan of apps that take control of your fanspeeds, the MBP has it's own software built in to handle this and it works good for me.
When idle my fans run at 1900 - 2000 rpm.
When i make my MBP sweat and work hard the fan speeds can run up to 6000 rpm each and it will keep my temperatures well within acceptable ranges.
The hottest it ever got was 79C and that only lasted a minute or two.
With a Core Duo 2 MBP the minimal fan speed should not be less than 2000 rpm and the max. fan speed 6000 rpm. Running the fans flat out all the time will probably shorten their life.
I'd say on normal use anything from 2000 - 3500 rpm is normal.
The fans can take a beating and run at full speed for a few hours or in bursts no problem.

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