NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 an

[rad-we]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

I have a GTX 760 and 10.10 with all updates.
HWmonitor tells me that the GPU speed is at maximum and the GPU fan also at maximum.

How to solve it? Under 10.9.x the nv driver was meant to solve these issues.

 

[skarpinis]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

they don't support 980 and 970 misleading

 

[fidesachates]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

My lux benchmark with the driver was 851 and with the native drivers was 2361. I didn't uninstall, but left it with the native drivers selected for now. If anyone has any suggestions as to why, I can go back and see if there is something to tweak.

 

[swinte]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

Apologies if the things I'm about to suggest sound a bit rudimentary, but I never want to assume. So...if it were me, I'd do a few things:
1. Do a 'clear CMOS' on your mobo, followed by
2. Remove your 970 and re-seat it.
3. Fresh install of Yosemite (using a different drive if possible) - process of elimination.
4. Check for latest Web drivers through the System Preferences > NVIDIA prefs panel. I installed from the link in the OP, and once I got the web drivers installed, checked that manually. NVIDIA said there was a newer version & auto-downloaded/installed.

I know a lot of that sounds like a bunch of work, but it may be worth it in the long run. Good luck!!

Thanks for the suggestions on next steps, BoomR. As you suggested I've tried removing the 970 and reseating it along with checking for latest drivers. I'll try your other suggestions as I have time over the next couple of days. Thanks for lending a helping hand here!

 

[Mightee]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

I've heard some saying these don't work with the Mac Mini 6,1 system definition, but mine appears to. If I download the web drivers for my GTX 760, will CUDA work natively or do I still need the CUDA driver?

 

[Ch_f]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

IT"S WORKING!!! More info to come in the next day or so, once I have a chance to tweak a few things.

I took a dive. The process has been pretty straightforward with clover, including the switch from ATI.

1) Download Nvidia Web Drivers from this link with old graphics card:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/79058/en-us
(Use this link as it's the current version as of writing this, unlike the one in the first post of this thread).

2) Do not install yet. Disable any ATI Injection from boot, as you are about to remove the old card. Put in the new Card.
3) Boot with Args "nv_disable=1" into safe mode. That's a funny and laggy experience as your new beast of a graphics device is being recognized as "Nvidia Chip Model 8MB".
4) Go and install the web drivers. Reboot and make sure that you are booting with "nvda_drv=1" from now on.
5) Yeah, that's it.

So far i've noted no apparent bugs, like the reported ones with Preview. Everything seems alright. I did however manage to crash the Nvidia Drivers while excessively and rapidly changing graphics options in World Of Warcraft. All that did was sending me to the login screen though. Stress tests seem stable.

 

[BoomR]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

IT"S WORKING!!! More info to come in the next day or so, once I have a chance to tweak a few things.
(snip)
FWIW, it drives my VIZIO 50" 4K set at 24 or 30 Hz (depending on the rez I choose). I was using a cheap HDMI cable from Lowes, so I need to get a high-speed-with-Ethernet cable & see if I can actually get the 4K@60Hz that this card promises. Stay tuned!!

Update - For some reason, 4K@60Hz on my EVGA GTX 970 is not working right now. You can read more specifics about what's going on (or NOT going on) over here in the GTX 970 / GTX 980 thread,

If anyone who has more experience with high-end GPUs has some thoughts on this, I'm all ears

 

[BoomR]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

Update - For some reason, 4K@60Hz on my EVGA GTX 970 is not working right now. You can read more specifics about what's going on (or NOT going on) over here in the GTX 970 / GTX 980 thread,

If anyone who has more experience with high-end GPUs has some thoughts on this, I'm all ears

And another update over here (in case you're interested) as it relates to getting my GTX 970 driving my 4K display at 60Hz:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/buying-advice/141637-gtx-970-gtx-980-here-11.html#post908142

 

[Jedispara]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

I did a quick search and read through quickly, is it possible to use these drivers/cards with an old x58a-ud3r setup. It has no iGPU so I'm not sure how I would go about getting the drivers installed, but my computer desperately needs a graphics update. Any help would be appreciated. I would love to get a 970 in this thing.

Cheers!

 

[kee]

NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for 10.10.0 (343.01.01f01) with 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 970 and 980 Support

Has anyone got the HDMI port working on the GTX 980?