CPU & GPU Heat

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I recently bought an MSI X460DX with i5-2430 and 2GB nVidia GT 540M and 6GB RAM. The inbuilt fan is effective and heat is pumped out very effectively.

While gaming I tested the CPU and GPU temperatures.Sample taken while playing Crysis at 1366 x 768 High Settings

Max. CPU temp : 89 Celsius
Max. GPU temp : 85 Celsius

Min. temprature for both is around 48 Celcius

Are these normal/safe values?

When idle the system remains pretty cool.Similar heating is experienced while playing GTA IV.

Please give feedbacks.

89 C is too high. Get some external cooler for your laptop.

Just a bit high.
For laptops, the maximum temperature will remain ~75C, not higher than that.

What is the the max. that a laptop should be operated at?

I haven't checked the minimum tough. The tempratures were attained after about 1-2 hours of playing Crysis.
Will playing at lower settings solve the problem??

I used RealTemp 3.70 to monitor.

Try that. Better would be to get an external cooler like cooler master notepal.

Getting external cooler won't solve your problem too much.
And, playing games in a laptop for 1-2 hours is never a good idea.