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This is the complete guide to fixing the "Bad Video Card Drivers" error. One of these steps WILL work for you.
1: Restart your computer. There is a very small chance this may fix it. If that won't work, try:
2: Update your video card drivers, if you haven't already. This is what works for most people. To find your driver on Windows, you must first know your video card. You can find that out by clicking on the Start Menu, then Run. Enter in DXDIAG and navigate to the Display tab.
3: Run Minecraft with low memory. I won't get into the details of why this works, but here's what you do:
Open the launcher. Click "Edit Profile" on the bottom left, check the box saying "JVM Arguments", and type in next to it, "-Xmx1024M -Xms1024M". NO QUOTES! Finally, click "Save Profile", and hit Play. Voila! You get a crappy, 3fps Minecraft.
4: Now, the last step would have got Minecraft working. But is 3fps REALLY better than no gameplay at all? No. It's worse. So, here is the final step. And please, no *facepalm* comments.
Also, this does not work with legacy ATI cards (ATI Rage Pro and earlier).
Install Linux.
You may be wondering why this works. You don't need to know. However, here it is anyways, if you really want to read why.
The reason computers get the "Bad Video Card Drivers" error is they have an old version of OpenGL. Unfortunately, most old or crappy video cards do not have OpenGL 2.1, the minimum version required to run Minecraft or pretty much any other 3D game decently. Linux has its own drivers that interface with the card that give it an entire software implementation of OpenGL 3.3. That's more than enough to run Minecraft well.
This will let you run Minecraft decently.
If you don't want to lose all your data by switching to a new operating system or are afraid of learning computing all over again, you can always run a dual-boot. Search it up. Also, Linux is much easier to use than windows.
Here are my specs:
Dell Inspiron 6000, 1.7GZ single-core processor, Intel 910/915GM Express Chipset (or something like that, its a really crappy integrated card), and 2gb DDR2 ram. Optifine. Lowest video settings. Even with Optifine, this is one of the worst gaming computers ever.
Windows speed: 0fps (It's more like 0.5fps but Minecraft's F3 menu doesn't do decimals)
Linux speed: 16fps (Still bad, but it's quite playable. Gets to 21fps in multiplayer.)
That is a crazy improvement. And, unless you have a 1990 ATI card, it works fine.
Hope you enjoy playing Minecraft!
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This looks like a really copy and pasta thing from around the web. Reason is the Batch thing here is no longer relevant at all. You can use these java arguments in the official Minecraft launcher without issues for it has such place and template by default.
Linux is not an replacement for Windows nor OSX at all. An without being an very experienced user of Linux, you can do more harm than you do good. Dual booting requires experience and if you screw it up, you risk corrupting the other partition with Windows.
Telling people to install Linux, means you know little of what is going on. FOSS drivers are 3rd party yes, but their counter part source is still just that of which is used on Windows. Just a lot of hacking to the driver is done to get it working on Linux. Poor optimizing and care of your OS installation will not let it be efficient and perform as best as it can.
Low Memory? Do you heap space? Do you Perm Gen? Do you code cache? Should never have to mess with heap space size on vanilla Minecraft unless running a resource pack that provides texture resolutions larger than 16X. 1GiB is all vanilla Minecraft needs, 1.5GiB is overkill. Modded is where you start to get more heap space size demanding as well Perm Gen (Java 7/6 only).
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Linux is a replacement. And I have done this, and it works. Dual booting does not require any experience. It is obvious you do not have or understand Linux, as all you have to do is open the installer and click a button. It's that easy. ".bat"? What .bat? Where did I write that? Oh, and setting the heap space to 512M does let you use the game on a low OpenGL version. I have used all these and tested them over. I know all this information about such as I am a modder myself.
The reason the drivers work is because for 3D OpenGL rendering, they rely on the Gallium3D pipeline, an open-source pipeline that utilizes Mesa3D. Technically you can install both of these on Windows, but you should get ready for days on end of hair-tearing agony. Linux is much easier and faster. And it is a free replacement for Windows. OSX is better than Linux, but Linux beats windows. This article is for Windows XP users, and Windows XP is an old, unsupported, 2002 OS that simply sucks. It's slow and bloated. Many websites are already encouraging people to switch.
Hacking the driver? There is no "hacking" involved. "Poor optimizing and care of your OS installation will not let it be efficient and perform as best as it can"? This is an article for users who have optimized their system already in every way possible and still cannot play Minecraft.
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"There's no I in pie. Well, except the I." -Peter Griffin, Family Guy
Windows XP is unsupported, so why this needs to work for that is unneeded.
Likewise, just saying installing Linux is not a solution. It is the equivalent of saying buy a Ford when your Nissan gets a broken engine belt. Linux is not for the light of heart, and it is in no way "easy" as clicking install.
Because the advice here is targeting old versions and feels of poor help, I am just going to lock it. If you wish to remake the tutorial and actually target the issue and explaining how to fix instead of just saying "try this, otherwise just install Linux because", then it may remain.
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1: Restart your computer. There is a very small chance this may fix it. If that won't work, try:
2: Update your video card drivers, if you haven't already. This is what works for most people. To find your driver on Windows, you must first know your video card. You can find that out by clicking on the Start Menu, then Run. Enter in DXDIAG and navigate to the Display tab.
NVIDIA drivers can be found here: NVIDIA
AMD: AMD
Intel: Intel
ATI card drivers can be found on AMDs website.
If that won't work, try:
3: Run Minecraft with low memory. I won't get into the details of why this works, but here's what you do:
Open the launcher. Click "Edit Profile" on the bottom left, check the box saying "JVM Arguments", and type in next to it, "-Xmx1024M -Xms1024M". NO QUOTES! Finally, click "Save Profile", and hit Play. Voila! You get a crappy, 3fps Minecraft.
4: Now, the last step would have got Minecraft working. But is 3fps REALLY better than no gameplay at all? No. It's worse. So, here is the final step. And please, no *facepalm* comments.
Also, this does not work with legacy ATI cards (ATI Rage Pro and earlier).
Install Linux.
You may be wondering why this works. You don't need to know. However, here it is anyways, if you really want to read why.
The reason computers get the "Bad Video Card Drivers" error is they have an old version of OpenGL. Unfortunately, most old or crappy video cards do not have OpenGL 2.1, the minimum version required to run Minecraft or pretty much any other 3D game decently. Linux has its own drivers that interface with the card that give it an entire software implementation of OpenGL 3.3. That's more than enough to run Minecraft well.
This will let you run Minecraft decently.
If you don't want to lose all your data by switching to a new operating system or are afraid of learning computing all over again, you can always run a dual-boot. Search it up. Also, Linux is much easier to use than windows.
Here are my specs:
Dell Inspiron 6000, 1.7GZ single-core processor, Intel 910/915GM Express Chipset (or something like that, its a really crappy integrated card), and 2gb DDR2 ram. Optifine. Lowest video settings. Even with Optifine, this is one of the worst gaming computers ever.
Windows speed: 0fps (It's more like 0.5fps but Minecraft's F3 menu doesn't do decimals)
Linux speed: 16fps (Still bad, but it's quite playable. Gets to 21fps in multiplayer.)
That is a crazy improvement. And, unless you have a 1990 ATI card, it works fine.
Hope you enjoy playing Minecraft!
Linux is not an replacement for Windows nor OSX at all. An without being an very experienced user of Linux, you can do more harm than you do good. Dual booting requires experience and if you screw it up, you risk corrupting the other partition with Windows.
Telling people to install Linux, means you know little of what is going on. FOSS drivers are 3rd party yes, but their counter part source is still just that of which is used on Windows. Just a lot of hacking to the driver is done to get it working on Linux. Poor optimizing and care of your OS installation will not let it be efficient and perform as best as it can.
Low Memory? Do you heap space? Do you Perm Gen? Do you code cache? Should never have to mess with heap space size on vanilla Minecraft unless running a resource pack that provides texture resolutions larger than 16X. 1GiB is all vanilla Minecraft needs, 1.5GiB is overkill. Modded is where you start to get more heap space size demanding as well Perm Gen (Java 7/6 only).
The reason the drivers work is because for 3D OpenGL rendering, they rely on the Gallium3D pipeline, an open-source pipeline that utilizes Mesa3D. Technically you can install both of these on Windows, but you should get ready for days on end of hair-tearing agony. Linux is much easier and faster. And it is a free replacement for Windows. OSX is better than Linux, but Linux beats windows. This article is for Windows XP users, and Windows XP is an old, unsupported, 2002 OS that simply sucks. It's slow and bloated. Many websites are already encouraging people to switch.
Hacking the driver? There is no "hacking" involved. "Poor optimizing and care of your OS installation will not let it be efficient and perform as best as it can"? This is an article for users who have optimized their system already in every way possible and still cannot play Minecraft.
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Forum AdminLikewise, just saying installing Linux is not a solution. It is the equivalent of saying buy a Ford when your Nissan gets a broken engine belt. Linux is not for the light of heart, and it is in no way "easy" as clicking install.
Because the advice here is targeting old versions and feels of poor help, I am just going to lock it. If you wish to remake the tutorial and actually target the issue and explaining how to fix instead of just saying "try this, otherwise just install Linux because", then it may remain.