New IMac GeForce 8800 GS Graphics card is really GeForce 8800M GTS

After calling NVIDIA I've finally discovered what this graphics card REALLY is.
This card is NOT the GeForce GS that was recently renamed to 9600 GSO. That card has 384 MB GDDR3 Memory with 550 Core Speed.
The new IMac GeForce is 8800M GTS.
Heres some specs on the new card:
Pipelines 64 - unified
Core Speed 500 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz
Memory Bus Width 256 Bit
Memory Type GDDR3
Max.Memory 512 MB
Shared Memory No
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consump 35 Watt
Transistors Million
Features 1250 MHz Shader clock, Pure Video technology (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 decoder acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 energy management (dynamic switching between performance and energy saving), HDR (high dynamic-range lighting), designed for Windows Vista, Dual-Link DVI-D exits for resolutions from TFT up to 2560x1600, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology.
Anyway, hope this clears up some confusion for people. I know it baffled me for a good few.

Heres another useful link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/43pxg/
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Owner's Comments:24 inch iMac, 3.06 Ghz C2D, 8800GS 512 DDR3, 2 Gig 800 Mhz Ram, 500 Gig HD
GPU: G92 M Revision: A2
Technology: 65 nm Die Size: 330 mm²
BIOS Version: 62.92.27.00.12 Device ID: 10DE - 0609
Bus Interface: PCI-E x16 @ x16 Subvendor: Apple Computer (106B)
ROPs: 16 Shaders: 64 (DX 10.0)
Pixel Fillrate: 0.0 GPixel/s Texture Fillrate: 0.0 GTexel/s
Memory Type: GDDR3 Bus Width: 256 bit
Memory Size: 512 MB Bandwidth: 0.0 GB/s
Driver: nvlddmkm 7.15.11.6763 (ForceWare 167.63) / Vista
GPU Clock: 0 MHz 0 MHz
Default Clock: 500 MHz 799 MHz 1250 MHz
Overclock: - - -

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