[orion24]

Nothing really exciting about it. 9600GT is the same technology as the 8800GT & GTS 512, with a bit smaller die size (less production cost & less performance). The reason the first are called "8" and the later "9" is only known by NVIDIAs marketing department. And all these cards are nearly the same technology as the Q4 2006 8800GTX with the advantage of TSMC 65nm technology and just playing with the die size.

Speaking about the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company's history, as it says, I seriously dought it'll come even close to the NV35 --> NV40 jump (or NV36 --> NV43 for mainstream)