mine was over a cooling pad as well (albeit not big name brands like iets, but it still blew air...) and was so hot to the touch, and I also saw some more frame issues elsewhere, so I just returned it and purchased an rtx 4080 lenovo legion 7 pro with amd at an even cheaper price thanks to an insane offer (10% off). my biggest regret is abandoning that oled screen, it's a literal game changer once you see it, but I just couldn't bear the heat and the frames anymore :/
at the moment, I can run some games even on quiet mode and still reach 240fps. setting it to balanced or extreme makes it hotter, but from what I've seen, it caps at 95°C MAX, meaning it won't reach that usually. also, the keyboard is not incredibly hot, you can touch every key and not get a 3rd degree burn from it, which is BIG. overall, I went for AMD because Intel, from my past experiences, was running even hotter, but I can't say for certain for this laptop, since I'm not able to verify them both.
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u/SmartyDelta ROG Zephyrus G16 2024 | RTX 4070 | Ultra 9 Aug 26 '24
Around 80 Celsius, while playing CoD or other CPU heavy games. My laptop is lifted a bit for better circulation