MacBook Pro 2011-11 is hot !

If I put an external monitor (actually, it’s a full HD external monitor), the AMD Radeon HD 6750 takes the job and even if there is no application that runs (excepted the Finder, of course, or AppleScript Editor only [used to quit the Finder]), after two or three minutes, I start to get my MacBook Pro 2011-11 hot (top-left).
I even put wood between the table (desk) and the MacBook pro feet, then added stoppers of plastic bottle: the hot start to be hotter.
Then, the Finder start to responding slow, slowly, very slow…
This can also happens on winter (the temperature of the room act on the hot, but only if it is 25 / 30 ° celcius.
The temperature tops around 80° celcius, but the overall slow of the computer make its use… nearly impossible. MICE under VirtualBox takes … nearly minutes to reassemble a two pages screen shot (2 images of 1440 pixels wide).
I recall that when I had my previous - smaller - monitor, I do not had that trouble. Its resolution was 1440 x 900 (same as the built-in monitor). In Fact, the Intel HD Graphics Card was the default one at these times. Once I replaced that monitor with a 22" (1920 x 1080) monitor, the AMD Radeon video card is running and the heath comes.
BTW: I run Lion, Mt Lion and Mavericks and the trouble exist with all these OSes.
Ideas ?

The last version from July 14th (of course): 4.3.14
As it was during the last years (far before the trouble comes).
Nota:
a. the trouble does not appears when I had my old external monitor who was 1440 x 900 (same as the internal monitor resolution),
b. the trouble exists (appears) when I connect the external monitor (both 1600 x 900 and 1920 x 1080). It does not seems top be related to anything else.
On Mavericks, when you click in the icon located in the right of the menu bar (notifications ?), and the gfxCardStatus application is running, you get a notification that said (something like):
'AMD Radeom 8750' is active
or
'Intel HD Graphics 3000' is active
It is not possible to set the GPU to Intel HD Graphics 3000 when the external monitor is plugged.
I installed that application weeks ago / far after the hot start.
That is why I say the fault comes from the AMD Radeom 8750 GPU !
But, I may be wrong…

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