8 pin psu power?

[pizza]

I posted this in the psu section, but I thought I might get better results here. This might be a really stupid question, but I'll ask anyway. My 8800gt has a 6 pin holes for power. The PSU has an 8 pin power cable as one of the attached cables. Instead of using the modular 6 pin pci power cable, can I use the 8 pin cable thats attached to the psu with the extra 2 pins sticking off the side? I just want as few cables as I need.

 

[Surly73]

You were told that they may not be the same power connector (PCI-E is not the same as EPS12V), they may not be pinned the same and you might brick your GPU.

What are the GPU guys going to tell you that's better, other than they'll assume you know a PCI-E 8-pin from an EPS12V connection and tell you to 'go for it'?

If you want to improve the certainty of your answers, post some pics of your connector.