[T430] Heat Issues in any 3D applicatio​n

Hi there,
I bought my T430 Thinkpad in September 2013. It contains an i7-3520M and a Nvidia 5400M graphics card. I am aware that this is a business line notebook, not necessarily designed to handle high loads on GPU and/or CPU for a longer period.
However... I noticed quite strong heating on the left side of the notebook a while ago. It begins basically instantly after using any 3D application, no matter how challenging for the hardware. Within the first minute temperatures reach 90°C on the GPU and 80-85°C on both CPU cores. There's no performance issues in processing these applications. I can run certain games in medium graphics on full resolution and there won't be performance drops (it will constantly stay above 50 fps). When i start the same games in the lowest possible settings and on 800x600 the temperature difference is only about 3°C.
For example... take the original Unreal Tournament. Not that I'm playing it anymore, but just to show you how severe the problem is. Lowest settings, 800x600, game from 1999. Temperatures after 1 minute: 81°C and 78°C on the CPU cores, 87°C on the GPU. Also the Hard Disc gets above 50°C because of the heat inside the notebook.
To be clear: i7-3520M and GeForce 5400M can handle a lot more sophisticated 3D tasks with satisfactory performance. So what's the reason for these heat issues when I barely use the dedicated graphics card at all? I'm not expecting to get gaming-notebook performance here. But it'd be very nice to just be able to use it for graphically undemanding games without worrying about the hardware. I know it will shut down if it reaches critical temperatures, but I don't want to shorten the hardware lifespan by several months or years just because there's no adequate cooling solution in a (sorry to say so...) daaamn expensive notebook, where I paid more because I thought the quality of the case and its practical and clever engineering (as in cooling) would be superior to cheaper solutions.
BTW:
BIOS is updated.
I even used it on a cold stone surface.
There's absolutely no other issue with the notebook, it boots and runs perfectly fine besides the extreme heat in 3D applications.
Are these temperatures normal for a 2013 T430? Is there any solution?
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Hi all
How about installing TPFanControl and set the fan speed to 64? This should help a bit.
Peter
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    4.  Maksure in the power management software configuration that you do not have CPU running at maximum performance at all time.
    Good luck.  BTW, I found the Windows 7 drivers and system management reduce the libility on the CPU and manage the resources well.  Move to W7 will help because of it's system management.
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