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My launcher comes up I hit play and then it says my pixel format isn't accelerated and to update my driver but they are up to date completely and have reinstalled minecraft and java. Not sure what else to try and do. Help would be much appreciated.---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Uh... Did I do that?
Time: 1/20/14 6:38 PM
Description: Initializing game
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:252)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at azi.ad(SourceFile:325)
at azi.f(SourceFile:696)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:152)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:252)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at azi.ad(SourceFile:325)
-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at azi.f(SourceFile:696)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:152)
-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.7.4
Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2
Java Version: 1.7.0_51, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 5113096 bytes (4 MB) / 26808320 bytes (25 MB) up to 518979584 bytes (494 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.7.4
LWJGL: 2.9.1
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: []
Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)

Quote from xxghilliexx

The error is caused by outdated drivers. Provide your DxDiag Log here please.

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Quote from xxghilliexx

Your graphics card does not support the OS. Sorry.

You could however try this third-party AMD modified driver, but there's no guarantee that it would work, so use it at your own risk.

Thanks for the help!

Quote from dadiko39

Your graphics card does not support the OS. Sorry.

You could however try this third-party AMD modified driver, but there's no guarantee that it would work, so use it at your own risk.

Would you be able to help me install it im not very good with this technical stuff.