How to find driver for gtx 285 on my Mac Pro

I installed the new gtx285 card into my 2008 Mac Pro the other day (everything is fine) and then I saw a new driver on the internet, but I can't find which graphics card driver I am currently using on my Mac.
I looked in system profiler but had no luck.
Can anyone please advise me on how to check driver versions on a Mac and if there is anything like an Nvidia preferences window that allows me to check the card settings?
Also, there is a CUDA driver listed also that should be installed after the nvidia driver. Does anyone have any information about this cuda driver and whether it needs to be installed?
Thanks.

Did you install the drive CD that was with the 285? The version should be written on the CD. The one online from evga is 2F16.
http://www.evga.com/support/drivers/default.asp?switch=2

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