mm a question, what do you mean by safe??? you mean it doesnt burn, or that the components are not suffering for high temps... because a video card can run at 80C but the life of the components is going to suffer, if you can keep it under 70C under full its ok, if you can keep it under full load at 60C is better (i think this is the sweet spot) temp but 80C i think is just a bit too much, buy a new fan, a zalman one or a thermaltake the one that is dual fanned







