Safe Temp

GeForce GTX 850M Max Temp

8/21/2016 / in Nvidia GPU / with No comments /

Model number	850M
Family	GeForce GTX Series
Maximum operating temperature	100°C

Intel Iris 540 Max Temp

8/21/2016 / in Intel CPU / with No comments /

Model number	540
Family	Intel Iris Series
Maximum operating temperature	~100°C

Radeon HD 7870M Max Temp

8/21/2016 / in AMD GPU / with No comments /

Model number	7870M
Family	Radeon HD Series
Maximum operating temperature	~105°C

AMD FirePro V5900 Max Temp

8/21/2016 / in AMD GPU / with No comments /

Model number	V5900
Family	AMD FirePro Series
Maximum operating temperature	~100°C

AMD FirePro W4100 Adapter Max Temp

8/21/2016 / with No comments /

Model number	W4100 Adapter
Family	FirePro Series
Maximum operating temperature	~98°C

So what is the Maximum operating temperature (Tmax)? It's the highest temp at which a CPU or GPU can operate at full capacity. But fear not, if you're CPU or GPU reaches this temperature it will not burst into flames.

Modern processors and video cards have overheating safety measures that prevents them to damage. Usually when the maximum operating temperature is reached the CPU or GPU will underclock itself to reduce it's core temperature. This will result in massive FPS drops in video games, for a few seconds.

Reaching the maximum temperature for extended periods of times will eventual damage your processor or graphic card, so focus on finding the overheating source problem.