It's possible. I'm not sure about teh 9600's, but the 9800 Pros can can come with either the R350 (Pro/NP) or R360 (XT) core, and the only way to tell is to take the HSF off. If your 9600 has an RV360 core and you can run it at XT speeds (not sure what the clocks on the 9600 XT are) then the flash should work.