AMD has released a new Adrenalin graphics driver that adds support for the new Souls-like game Lies of P, called Adrenalin Edition 23.20.11.01 for Lies of P . But unlike AMD's usual game-ready driver releases, AMD has made this update exclusive to RX 5000, 6000, and 7000 series GPUs (desktop and mobile), blocking compatibility with Polaris (RX 400/500) GPUs as well as Vega-based graphics cards and integrated GPUs.
AMD's patch notes do not disclose why this latest update patch is RDNA 1, 2, and 3 exclusive. But apparently, AMD wanted to prioritize RDNA optimizations for the game before working on broad-game compatibility on older GPUs. As the driver's name suggests, this new update is dedicated entirely to Lies of P and does not feature additional driver bug fixes or driver optimizations for other titles.
The Lies of P development team also shared AMD's new exclusive driver update in conjunction with Nvidia's latest driver update on the game's Steam page , noting that these updates have been specifically tuned for Lies of P . It's not that common for a game studio to dedicate a Steam blog post entirely toward performance-enhancing graphics driver updates, suggesting these updates provide big performance gains.
Lies of P is an upcoming Souls-like action-adventure game set in a city called Krat, full of poisoned villains who lust for bloodshed. The game's story is described as an inverse version of Disney's Pinocchio , where the main character has to untangle unfathomable secrets and confront predicaments with truth or lies on his quest to find out who he truly is.
The developers recommend a minimum system spec featuring either a quad-core Ryzen 3 1200 or Core i3-6300, 8GB of RAM, and either a Radeon RX 560 4GB or GeForce GTX 960 4GB. But for the best experience, the devs recommend at least 16GB of RAM and either a Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB or GeForce GTX 1660 6GB at a minimum.
The game will launch in less than two days. Hopefully, AMD will have another driver update ready by then, supporting its older GPU architectures.
