Skyrim does not detect AMD Radeon graphics

I have been playing Skyrim for about a week and today I realized that Skyrim uses the Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 adapter instead of the AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M335. My laptop has two graphics cards, one Intel and one Radeon, and it is supposed to switch between them when required. For some reason though, it seems that Skyrim cannot detect the Radeon graphics card... I tried googling the issue but none of the suggestions resolved my issue.

Edit: I run Skyrim on a Dell Inspiron 5559 64bit, if that helps

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Best Answer

This isn't a problem with the game.

There should be a configuration on your computer that lets you set which adapter to use. I have a Dell with nVidia graphics card and some games are set to the integrated Intel adapter instead of the more powerful nVidia one.

I currently do not have access to my laptop. I will update my answer when the information is available.

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Why wont Skyrim detect my graphics card?

Disable the integrated graphics in device manager (upon reboot Skyrim does not recognise a GPU at all and sets quality to Low) Manually change the name of the GPU in skyrimprefs to NVIDIA GeForce 840M (doesn't work, application simply overwrites it back to the Intel one upon reloading)

How do I make Skyrim recognize my graphics card?

Edit: right click desktop, select nvidia control panel, in the Manage 3D sessions you should be able to find Skyrim and then set it to use your geforce card rather than integrated.

How do I force a game using my graphics card AMD 2020?

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Open the AMD Radeon settings. One way to do this is by right-clicking on an empty space on the desktop and selecting AMD Radeon settings.

Navigate to System > Switchable graphics.

Locate your game using the search bar.

Select the game and choose High performance from the drop-down menu.

How do I enable my AMD graphics?

How to Enable the AMD Radeon Settings System Tray Icon

Open the AMD Radeon Settings application. ...

Click on the Preferences menu option.

Click on the Enable System Tray option to enable it.

Click on Done to save the changes and close AMD Radeon Settings.

The Radeon Settings icon will now appear in the System Tray.

How to fix No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly 2020

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