NVIDIA launched "Maxwell" based GTX 960 graphics card in January 2015

[n2adv]

Hi do you know which GTX 960 card you used and did you use clover or chimera?

I have a Mac Pro 2008 8 Core . I'm using the Strix Asus Gtx 960. Since I'm using an Apple computer no need for clover or chimera. You will need this for a Hackintosh build from what I understand.

 

[BoxHeadHD]

I have a Mac Pro 2008 8 Core . I'm using the Strix Asus Gtx 960. Since I'm using an Apple computer no need for clover or chimera. You will need this for a Hackintosh build from what I understand.

Thx n2adv does HDMI audio work for you?

 

[Octavean]

I didn't realize that the GTX 960 4GB cards were now available until recently.

Anyway, I was thinking of buying another GTX 960 card beside the MSI version I have in a dedicated Windows 7 Media Center System. Would there be any advantage to buying a 4GB version or would there be any disadvantages with respect to current functionality as well as future support?

I'm guessing its safer to go with the standard 2GB version again,....

 

[MACscr]

Why is this Card in the March build guide if it's not fully supported yet?

 

[eebec]

There's a disclaimer:

All of the GeForce 'Maxwell' based graphics cards listed here besides the GeForce 'Kepler' based GT 740 require alternate NVIDIA graphics drivers to enable full acceleration. See here for details. Please note these cards will only work with OS X Yosemite.

And installing nvidia web drivers is really a piece of cake. So to me it's on the same level as fully supported kepler card.

 

[Stork]

There's a disclaimer:

All of the GeForce 'Maxwell' based graphics cards listed here besides the GeForce 'Kepler' based GT 740 require alternate NVIDIA graphics drivers to enable full acceleration. See here for details. Please note these cards will only work with OS X Yosemite.

And installing nvidia web drivers is really a piece of cake. So to me it's on the same level as fully supported kepler card.

Well, said. Additionally, Apple's OS X only supports the Mac hardware that Apple markets - no Maxwell chipsets in any Macs yet.

 

[n2adv]

Thx n2adv does HDMI audio work for you?

I use a firewire interface for audio. HDMI port works

 

[rawbear]

Success!
Gigabyte Z68-MA motherboard. Had to upgrade BIOS to U1C to prevent boot delays.
EVGA GTX 960 Superclocked (one fan/compact) works perfect on 342.02.02f04 but recognized a generic NVIDIA with correct RAM (2G).
Had to reboot with -x to re-apply MultiBeast parameters. I use 2 monitors @ 1080p
Works great in windows (machine id dual booth).

 

[Octavean]

Today i tested G960 MSI 4GB version in Yosemite i Hackingtosh - Z68 intel chipset board, with Nvidia last - f3 driver and its working. Im using Chimera, but other loaders should also work.

I had non MacOS related issue with this card, i had to upgrade bios to proper boot, before upgrade it took 2 minutes to boot loader.

OpenGL - Steam games and Unigine heaven benchmark are working.

Only issue i have is that only one monitor is on, second is dead, and i dont know how to turn it on.
Working monitor is connected on DVI, not working on HDMI, i other OSes works both. I need somewho force monitor detection.
Yes GC have also DP outputs but i hate DP, because of its behavior in Win OSes so i would like to make HDMI working..

Thanks for the info.

In my case I would want to be able to run one, two or possibly three 4K monitors off of the GTX960 so I would need to use the DisplayPort outputs to achieve 3840x2160 at 60Hz. The HDMI port could be useful too since its HDMI 2.0 capable but its unclear to me if OS X Yosemite supports HDMI 2.0 at this time even if the HDMI port worked at all.

 

[Grazz16]

I can confirm that a -no-zp boot flag fixes the black screen on boot and sleep/wake function so far. Does anyone know exactly what this does? I can't find it on any list of known boot flags at all.