Laptop Overheats

Hi,
I have a Lenovo G570 Laptop. I notice it overheats way more than when I was using windows.
VGA:
willbill@Leny ~ $ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Robson CE [AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series]
willbill@Leny ~ $ modinfo i915 | grep power
parm: powersave:Enable powersavings, fbc, downclocking, etc. (default: true) (int)
parm: i915_enable_rc6:Enable power-saving render C-state 6. Different stages can be selected via bitmask values (0 = disable; 1 = enable rc6; 2 = enable deep rc6; 4 = enable deepest rc6). For example, 3 would enable rc6 and deep rc6, and 7 would enable everything. default: -1 (use per-chip default) (int)
parm: i915_enable_fbc:Enable frame buffer compression for power savings (default: -1 (use per-chip default)) (int)
parm: lvds_downclock:Use panel (LVDS/eDP) downclocking for power savings (default: false) (int)
lm sensors looks like this:
Leny ~ # sensors
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +63.5°C
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +0.0°C (crit = +127.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +64.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +63.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +65.0°C (high = +86.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

I'm not sure.
I have vga_switcheroo enabled, but I don't use it (when I tried to switch to ATI video computer screen turned off, so I'm with intel).
How to show what video driver I'm using? lsmod helps?

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