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Alright, so I tried downloading Minecraft a week ago, and it gave me a graphics card driver error saying it needed to be updated.

Deleted the game, well today I tried downloading and playing again, same error came up. My graphics card is 100% up to date and is not "too old" to run Minecraft. It runs Orion: Prelude, GTA IV, Skyrim, and Runescape just fine on MAX detail. I'm not going to download a driver update cause it is a waste of time when it's already updated.

Computer Specs:

HDD: 80gb

Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GT 8500 2gb

Power Supply: Thermaltake T32 430w

RAM: 4gb

Processor: 2.70ghz

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Ooh. Shiny.

Time: 10/18/15 6:39 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:247)
	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 ave.ap(SourceFile:534)
	at ave.am(SourceFile:363)
	at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
	at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)


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:247)
	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 ave.ap(SourceFile:534)
	at ave.am(SourceFile:363)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
	at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
	at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
	Minecraft Version: 1.8.8
	Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1
	Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
	Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
	Memory: 62344840 bytes (59 MB) / 158666752 bytes (151 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
	JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
	IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
	Launched Version: 1.8.8
	LWJGL: 2.9.4
	OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
	GL Caps: 
	Using VBOs: No
	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)
	CPU: <unknown