Acer getting very hot

I have a cooler for my laptop and was running a moderately visually intensive game (Company of Heroes) for about an hour and my core temp said it was 74/75 degrees. I know this is dangerous because I read somewhere online that the CPU I have shouldn't get over 70 degrees. Why is this happening, what can I do?

Specs:
AMD Phenom II N660 Dual core 3.0 ghz
4GB ram
AMD Radeon HD 6650M

Thanks guys.

 

Good news- bad news situation.

Bad news is you are wrong. Good news is that for notebooks 75*C is perfectly fine under load.
So enjoy your game- no need to worry.

 

Yep, most laptops are safe to 85-90C, especially dedicated GPUs.

This is perfectly acceptable.

 

Thanks for the help guys. I've been trying to find the website that told me this but I entered my specific CPU and it said that 74 degrees was its "danger point" or something where if the CPU reached this temp it could be damaged. Is this just bogus or?

 

AMD is not as forthcoming with information like these on their website (Intel does publish that) but 75*C is definitely not any threshold.
All CPUs have certain mechanisms like throttling that will prevent damage or if a certain temperature is reached - shut down completely.
These temperatures are basically always in excess of 90*C so 75*C is nowhere near being dangerous.
It is in fact normal for any notebook- regardless AMD or Intel these systems use similar cooling system and both your CPU and mine (Intel Core i5) have the same TDP.
Although the way TDP is measured differs between AMD and Intel and our notebooks have slightly different cooling systems we still will have broadly similar temps.
Another words- there's no way 75*C is dangerous for your notebook.

 

Okay thanks. Not trying to be a or anything and I'm only saying this because I'd want to know if I was doing it but "another words" should be "in other words". Thank you guys so much, I can rest easy now.