How hot exactly can a macbook pro 2011 get before overheating.

I want to play games on my macbook pro 2011, but I only want to play ones that will not overheat it, and it tends to get hot on some of them, how hot exactly can they get? at what temperature will they overheat? is there a way to check?

You may download from the Internet iStat pro which monitors the internal temperatures of the MBP as well as the fan speeds.  The temperatures can get as high as 100 C. but before any harm can occur there are internal temperature sensors that will shut the MBP down.
Ciao.

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