Ordinary fan speed with max load?

Hi all,
I did a search and couldn't find anything so I figured I'd start a new topic so I hope this hasn't been answered before.
First of all, I decided I wanted to start gaming on Win7 in boot camp (3.0) for the first time yesterday, so I installed and started up CounterStrike: Source, initially I was getting 70+fps on all levels, but after a while my framerate would suddenly drop to ~17fps, and the laptop felt very warm (and the fan didn't seem to be spinning much faster than the standard 2000rpm).. A few topics I found said that Windows doesn't seem to be able to control the fan speed and recommended installed smcFanControl (which I'm now using). First off, I was wondering if someone could confirm if this is true? (And is this the same with Vista/XP too?)
Second, I decided that if I were to set a fan speed in smcFanControl, that I would want to be sure that it is capable of removing the heat from the computer, so I decided to run a few tests to see what the standard spinning speed was when the computer was running at 100% (Both cores of the CPU), so I ran 'yes > /dev/null' twice in the command line (once for each core), and I realised that the fan on my MBP (I only have one since I have the 13") didn't really increase from the default 2000rpm until the temperature had reached the late 90˚'s C.
(Both temp and speed measured with iStat/smcFanControl)
I was wondering if this is standard for everyone else? (It seems a little late to just start increasing the fan speed; I'd assume that they'd increase with speed linearly as the temperature rose to keep the laptop at a constant temperature.). So, when does everybody else's fan suddenly kick in? (Mine kept a constant 97˚C afterwards and the fans were running at around 5400rpm - they didn't seem to reach the max 6200rpm that the fan is capable of in a 10min test.) - Although they did reach highs of as much as 101˚C.
When the laptop had cooled down (idling), I decided to run the test again, this time setting the minimum fan speed at 6200rpm and the laptop didn't seem to get much hotter than 85˚C. Surely it would be better if Apple had the fans running at max to keep the CPU temperature lower than 100˚C.. I mean, if my CPU got to 101˚C with the fans still at 5400rpm, when would they reach the max 6200rpm, considering that the CPU is only rated for a maximum temperature of 105˚C?
I'm not complaining, I love my MBP to bits and I think Apple have done a pretty good job designing them and OS X, but I do just wonder if there's either something wrong with mine (or is this the standard for everyone?), or if Apple should perhaps have the fans come on a little sooner to take away the excess heat.
Thanks everyone.

hi,
i made a post a few days ago and it looks like heat is a normal problem (as in it normally sails into the 'danger zone). have tried some of the other solutions but not having much luck ..
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2241474&tstart=45
Steve (worried)

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