Game crashing at launch

I expected Minecraft to launch
Instead it crashed on launch, with this error message:

1. A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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2. EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000000005e14f5bf, pid=2580, tid=5908
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3. JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
4. Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
5. Problematic frame:
6. C [aticfx64.dll+0x2f5bf]
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7. Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
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8. An error report file with more information is saved as:
9. C:\Users\Salway\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid2580.log
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10. If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
11. http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
12. The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
13. See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
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    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release

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