
Right after 9800GTX+, NVIDIA begin shrinking 9600GT to 55nm. But this time is a bit different, there will not be another plus mark after 9600GT’s name because NVIDIA want more stealth.
The only change of 55nm version is the mark on die. The mark on a 65nm die is G94-300-A1 and 55nm die is G94-300-B1. The clock keeps 650MHz/1625MHz/900MHz (core/shader/mem) so more overclocking headroom can be leave to customers and vendor partners.
The gray area shows 55nm die is a bit slim than 65nm die.
It's not terrible, since there won't be any real differences in performance, stock-clocked as they'll be. So this isn't Yet Another SKU To Confuse Customers. But I also hesitate to think of how cool it would be to have an even nicer 9600 GT; NVIDIA could use the thing to prop up their appearances with their partners.