Where can i update my video drivers?

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When starting up minecraft i get the following error:

Bad video card drivers!      
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Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.

My motherboard is this a GIGABYTE GA-H61M-DS2.
I haven't installed my graphics card yet, as it hasn't been shipped to my house yet.

? · Accepted Answer

That board uses an Intel video chipset.  The driver download page for Rev 3.0 is here:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4410&dl=1#driver

If you have a different revision board, just select the correct one from the list at the top of the page.  After that, choose your operating system and scroll down to the "Intel VGA" driver at the bottom. Download and install and then try Minecraft again to see if you get that error.

Otherwise, your best bet would be to wait until your new video card arrives and install the most current drivers for it once it's installed.

Anonymous · Answer

If you have an AMD or Nvidia (or other) graphics card then the manufacturer's website will have your drivers there.  If you're using the Sandybridge processor's internal Intel graphics then download the driver from Intel's website.  Apparently the generic drivers provided by Microsoft via Windows Update or on a Windows installer DVD do not support hardware accelerated OpenGL for Intel GPUs, but the ones on Intel's own website do. (for GPU's which support it)(most of them)

People often only discover this when they buy Minecraft because most software can use DirectX but MC is OpenGL only, and it needs hardware acceleration, it can't use software rendered OpenGL which all versions of Windows from Win95 support. (even with a basic 2D VGA card)

Any drivers on Gigabyte's website are likely to be the full versions as on Intel's website but they might be a bit outdated.

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