EVGA GTX 680 4GB; Error Code 7

ararat234

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Hi forum people! Recently I bought a very nice graphics card off Amazon (Newegg was out of stock D:) Anyway, it arrived and I installed everything, but the moment I tried to play a simple game (Minecraft...yea, I know it's pathetic), the game crashed within several minutes.

Things I have tried:

-Reinstall Java 64Bit (did not work)
-Update to newest drivers and reinstall newest drivers (did not work)
-Check for hardware problem (took to reputable computer store, ran diagnostics, did not work)
-Reinstall Motherboard drivers (did not work)
-Run Unigine Heaven Benchmark to see any issues=perfect rendering and score, but crashes for Minecraft
-Reinstall OS (RESULTS PENDING ^_^ NO CRASHES YET)

It is an OpenGL problem=FPS drop to 0, extreme screen tearing, screen goes dark, screen comes back up, MC is not responding-->Force Quit

I called EVGA, they said it might be Firmware on the SSD, it might be memory, it might be a WHOLE LIST OF THINGS....

I have not tried it on different games that require OpenGL outside maybe...Google Earth? xD I will try Spore soon though.

I also ran OC Scanner X to stress test the GPU...Perfect score, no artifacts.

So my question to you fine people today is this...

Should I, or should I not, return the graphics card just for the sake or removing any possible hardware issues IF THE OS-REINSTALL-FIX does not work? It is free, mind you. But I do have until December 11 to get the card back to Amazon, so, give or take, I have about 3-4'ish days left. What should I do?
 

JJ1217

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Try another game? Minecraft is mostly CPU intensive, and if its a CTD (Crash to desktop, with no warning whatsover), it might be the game running out of memory to use.

I honestly would try another game, especially one that is more GPU intensive.

http://techhutus.wonderhowto.com/how-to/give-java-more-ram-make-minecraft-faster-0135361/

--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 1/9/10 9:55 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft Alpha v1.1.0
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_21, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]

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:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:196)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:554)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT dec3a884 ----------

is this the error?
 

ararat234

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Where did you get that from? xD (the error message)