EVGA GeForce GT740 SC on OS X 10.6.8

[metalhead82]

Hello everyone,

I'm having problems with my EVGA GT 740 SC.
I replaced my old Radeon 9800 with the GT740. Now, the system boots into OS X 10.6.8, but the GT740 is not properly recognized and I can only run one Display at 1024x768. The System Profiler lists it as "Unknown".
When I boot in Verbose Mode, I get a message telling me that FakeSMC doesn't support my card.
Everything else (Audio, Ethernet, etc.) runs fine.

Is there a way to get this thing running properly?
"GraphicsEnabler=No" did not fix the problem.

Updating is only possible until OS X 10.7 because I need to run Logic Pro with some old 32-bit plugins.

Thx in advance!



System Specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4x2.83GHz
Mainboard: Gigabyte EP45-DS4 (F/W: F10b)
RAM: 8GB DDR2 (OCZ)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GT740 SC with 4GB GDDR5

 

[Jithin.C.V]

Hello everyone,

I'm having problems with my EVGA GT 740 SC.
I replaced my old Radeon 9800 with the GT740. Now, the system boots into OS X 10.6.8, but the GT740 is not properly recognized and I can only run one Display at 1024x768. The System Profiler lists it as "Unknown".
When I boot in Verbose Mode, I get a message telling me that FakeSMC doesn't support my card.
Everything else (Audio, Ethernet, etc.) runs fine.

Is there a way to get this thing running properly?
"GraphicsEnabler=No" did not fix the problem.

Updating is only possible until OS X 10.7 because I need to run Logic Pro with some old 32-bit plugins.

Thx in advance!



System Specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4x2.83GHz
Mainboard: Gigabyte EP45-DS4 (F/W: F10b)
RAM: 8GB DDR2 (OCZ)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GT740 SC with 4GB GDDR5

The solution is download and install NVIDIA Web Driver for your model.

Edit: Web drivers are not available for SL

 

[defbref]

The Gt740 isn't supported in SL, I think you will need at least ML.

The previous posters advice is no good as there is no nvidia drivers with gt740 support for SL.

 

[metalhead82]

Thanks for the ultra-fast response.
I just had a look at NVIDIA drivers download page. The only thing I could find directly were CUDA drivers. Using the search-function, I didn't get any results when searching for either GT 740 or GT 700 and Mac OS X (even tried 700 series as search term). I looked through all Mac drivers the search returned - but none of theme offered explicit support for GT 700 series...

Does anybody know what driver version offers support for the GT740?


Thanks in advance

 

[metalhead82]

The Gt740 isn't supported in SL, I think you will need at least ML.

The previous posters advice is no good as there is no nvidia drivers with gt740 support for SL.

Sorry - your answer came while I was typing my answer to Jithin.C.V's post...

I'll have a look if I can get 10.8 from somewhere... Apple doesn't offer the installer anymore.

 

[Jithin.C.V]

The Gt740 isn't supported in SL, I think you will need at least ML.

The previous posters advice is no good as there is no nvidia drivers with gt740 support for SL.

Yes Right. Web drivers are available from Mountain Lion only.

 

[B-San]

You can order 10.8 from the Apple Store still, I believe..

So there are we drivers to get this card working with 10.8.5?

 

[slim.jim]

You can order 10.8 from the Apple Store still, I believe..

So there are we drivers to get this card working with 10.8.5?

This card should be supported natively in 10.8.3+. Support for the ddr5 variant sometimes requires the Nvidia Web Drivers.