Windows Power plans and Turbo boost

After long gaming hours my cpu gets pretty hot and I dont mind loosing some fps to keep things cool and safe.
My i5-460m runs at 2.792 Ghz with turbo boost,
When i set the max cpu power to 99% in power options it caps at 2.460 ghz during play.
I haven't done any temperature testing yet, does this disable turbo boost?
(I'm to lazy to turn it off in bios, I'm not even sure there is an option for it in mine)

 

what do you consider as being pretty hot?

cause if there is any kind of danger and you have not overclocked any intel chip will throttle down on time to stay cool and safe

 

I'm just looking for a fast way to switch of turbo boost on demand As for the heat its 85 Celsius under load. Nothing dangerous but the table paint near the went changed color, lol.

 

I thought Intel processors had thermal protection in them....no?

At any rate, your laptop shouldn't have damage causing heat issues. Just keep the air intake and exhaust clear and youll be fine.

 

You can use RealTemp to turn Turbo off. I have been using it as my laptops been getting very hot. Hard to tell if it makes much difference.

 

Thanks for all the advice. I'll give realtemp a shot.

 

The disable Turbo checkbox is in the settings.

 

internal thermal checks will override external software.

every time.

 

Don't worry about it. Take a break once in a while and clean out the laptop but otherwise turbo will disable itself when it needs to.

Just run on balanced and you'll be fine.

And make sure it has proper ventilation. You may want to invest in a cheap cooling pad (I got one for 20 bucks, it's great but I don't use it anymore because it was for my old laptop) or simply keep it on a flat wooden surface with some space between the table/surface and your laptop (I used to use two rubber erasers to keep it propped up.