Geforce gtx 285 not going under Lion OS

Hello I need help on something, I just bought a geforce gtx 285 for mac, I got it however I dont manage to get it to work under lion, here is what I did:
1. I did a clean install of Lion, installed the drivers of the card from nvidia page (right drivers) however then after I change the card and I turn on the computer, the computer gets frozen after 2 minutes, with the scrolling whell also frozen.
2. I did an installation of Snow Leopard, got the card to work, installed, I then upgraded to Lion however I got the same result.
I dont know if I got the right card or is a pc gtx 285 "made" to work on a mac. The card is a GTX 285 BFG edition. It does not say "MAC EDITION" however it worked on snow leopard.
Can anyone help me on this?
thanks.

Then it is not Apple ROM card.
It may and could work but not have early boot screen.
The only driver you need is for CUDA.
What driver did you dl? links are always more help than "got it from x".
This is the most helpful thread on the GTX support
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1360927

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