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I have the latest version of java, windows 7/vista, 8 GB ram, 1 terabyte memory.

I've tried to update my graphics card numerous times but it always shows up as "failed".

It works with way older versions of MC such as 1.2 but anything new like 1.8 (latest 1.8.7) it

gets to the Mojang screen, freezes, and then crashes. This is what the log said:

[10:44:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user: ZephraHD
[10:44:23] [Client thread/INFO]: (Session ID is removed)
[10:44:26] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.4
[10:44:28] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default
[10:44:29] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem...
[10:44:30] [Thread-6/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
[10:44:30] [Thread-6/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
[10:44:35] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x512 textures-atlas
[10:44:36] [Thread-6/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.
[10:44:36] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000000005a4255ec, pid=3816, tid=4384
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C [ig4dev64.dll+0x55ec]
#
# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid3816.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release

Another one...

Your driver crashed, update it and try again.

See my sig for the source.