im sure MANY of you have seen this question before, or even went through it yourself. im sure there is a thread on this problem somewhere, but im new here so...pardon me :/. Anyways, when i press "options" on the skyrim launcher to change the graphics settings (skyrim is extremely laggy even though i have an AMD Radeon HD 6490M) i noticed in the drop down menu that "Intel ® HD Graphics Family) is selected...so i tried to change it by selecting the Radeon, only to realize that there WAS no other one...ive been forced to use intel..(oh the horror).

Here are my skyrimprefs.ini info:

[Display]
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bFXAAEnabled=0
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096
fSpecularLODStartFade=500
fLightLODStartFade=1000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=0
iShadowMapResolution=512
fShadowBiasScale=0.5
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0
fShadowDistance=2000
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0
iAdapter=0
iSize W=1600
iSize H=900
iMultiSample=1
iMaxAnisotropy=1
iPresentInterval=1
bFull Screen=1
sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics Family"
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
fGamma=1.0000
iShadowFilter=3
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=0
bDrawLandShadows=0
bDrawShadows=1
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
iScreenShotIndex=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
[Imagespace]
iRadialBlurLevel=0
bDoDepthOfField=1
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=2.5
fLODFadeOutMultItems=3.5
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=2.5
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Grass]
fGrassStartFadeDistance=3000
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000
[Decals]
bDecals=0
bSkinnedDecals=0
uMaxDecals=0
uMaxSkinDecals=0
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=0
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=12500
fBlockMaximumDistance=75000
fBlockLevel1Distance=25000
fBlockLevel0Distance=15000
fSplitDistanceMult=0.4
bShowLODInEditor=0
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Launcher]
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=512
iWaterReflectWidth=512
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0420
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=0.5000
uID3=466532
fVal2=0.8000
uID2=554685
fVal1=0.8000
uID1=1007612
fVal0=1.0000
uID0=94881
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[General]
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

Here are my skyrim.ini info:

[Display]
sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics Family"
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=1
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=0
bReflectLODLand=0
bReflectSky=0
bReflectLODTrees=0
[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

and heres my rendererinfo....info >_>:

Renderer Device Information:
Intel® HD Graphics Family
aticfx32.dll
RenderPath : BSSM_SV_3_0
PSversion : 300
VSversion : 300
VStarget : vs_3_0
PStarget : ps_3_0
PS2xtarget : ps_3_0
maxPS20inst : 512
3.0 Support : yes
3.0 Lighting : yes
Nonpowerof2textures : yes
FP16ARGB blending : yes
FP16ARGB filtering : no
Bloom lighting : no
Refraction : yes
2.0 hairw : yes
SLI mode : no
NVapi enabled : no
Multisample Type : 2
Transparency MS : no
HW Thread Count : 4


Specs:

Windows 7
64 bit
8 GB RAM
Dual graphics drivers (intel ® Graphics Family and AMD Radeon 6490m)
Radeon 6xxxM Graphics card (AMD Radeon 6490M)

and thats all i know. i also have tried setting to High performance in the graphics settings tab from my desktop...still can only play on lowest settings...although the fps is good, i wish to go just a bit over medium graphics settings just so i dont insult my computer :/

thanks!