How to get GTX 970 working on Yosemite 10.10.5?

I followed the basic Yosemite guide on tonymac to get my hackintosh up and running, but I'm having trouble getting the Nvidia web drivers working. The default OSX drivers are really laggy, the resolution is 1024x768, just moving the mouse is slow, and chrome keeps flashing as I type this (safari a little better). I installed the latest and greatest Nvidia web drivers for Mac OS X 10.10.5 here: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.02.03f01/WebDriver-346.02.03f01.pkg
I set GraphicsEnabler=No, and when I boot up my monitor loses display signal and goes blank about 1/4 through loading screen, I can only boot up w/ nv_disable=1.

This is what my boot plist looks like:
admins-Mac-Pro:Extra admin$ cat org.chameleon.Boot.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>kext-dev-mode=1</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Any Ideas? thanks
(btw I'm using a MSI Nvidia GTX 970, and a MSI Z97M-G43 motherboard)

You need to use the boot flag nvda_drv=1

slim.jim said:

You need to use the boot flag nvda_drv=1

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I tried that too, while booting up display loses signal

You should not have to set either of those settings. The web driver you installed automatically sets that value for you and GraphicsEnabler is by default 0.

Did you set your Nvidia settings (top navbar) to use the web drivers?

GraphicsEnabler=0

What system profile are you using? This sounds like you are using MacPro6,1 or iMac15,1.

I'm in the same boat using clover on 10.10.5. I just bought an EVGA GTX 970 FTW.

I had to use NV_Disable=1 to be able to boot the computer at all (Graphics performance was terrible).

I downloaded the latest web drivers 10.10.5.(14F27) 346.02.03f01 from here: http://www.macvidcards.com/which-driver-should-i-install-for-my-new-gpu.html

I use nvda_drv=1 and GraphicsEnabler=0 as boot flags.

I had been using system profile iMac15,1 but switched it to 14,2 with no change.

Computer boots about 1/3 and then the screen says no signal and goes black. If I plug a monitor into my integrated graphics port, it comes up and I see the login screen.

NVIDIA Web Driver shows as active under the Nvidia manager menu, but no output from my GTX 970.

Is this an issue with the current driver for 10.10.5? Should I try an older or newer driver? Did I miss anything?

correct, I did not set any of those settings, but just to be sure I manually set it too on bootup once. In the top navbar I did set it for nvidia drivers.

What system profile should I be using? I'm using MacPro 3,1

klingon00 said:

Is this an issue with the current driver for 10.10.5? Should I try an older or newer driver? Did I miss anything?

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Try changing to Mac Pro 3,1 and let us know.

also make sure you are not injecting GPU support in Clover for neither Intel/AMD/Nvidia.

1) Try other system profiles. Many people have success with Mac Mini 8.2, I personally run iMac 12,2.
2) Try other output. Switch from HDMI to DP or other way around. Have a 4k Monitor you wanna run at 60Hz? Things might get more complicated.