diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index a3d6c62740..ba54adbac5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ void TextureCache::InvalidateRange(u32 start_address, u32 size)
 void TextureCache::MakeRangeDynamic(u32 start_address, u32 size)
 {
 	TexCache::iterator
-		iter = textures.begin(),
-		tcend = textures.end();
+		iter = textures.lower_bound(start_address),
+		tcend = textures.upper_bound(start_address + size);
+
+	if (iter != textures.begin())
+		iter--;
+
 	for (; iter != tcend; ++iter)
 	{
 		const int rangePosition = iter->second->IntersectsMemoryRange(start_address, size);
@@ -131,6 +135,18 @@ void TextureCache::MakeRangeDynamic(u32 start_address, u32 size)
 	}
 }
 
+bool TextureCache::Find(u32 start_address, u64 hash)
+{
+	TexCache::iterator
+		iter = textures.lower_bound(start_address),
+		tcend = textures.upper_bound(start_address);
+
+	if (iter->second->hash == hash)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 int TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase::IntersectsMemoryRange(u32 range_address, u32 range_size) const
 {
 	if (addr + size_in_bytes < range_address)
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
index 24ca3dd761..d434bec5f6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public:
 	static void InvalidateRange(u32 start_address, u32 size);
 	static void MakeRangeDynamic(u32 start_address, u32 size);
 	static void ClearRenderTargets();	// currently only used by OGL
+	static bool Find(u32 start_address, u64 hash);
 
 	virtual TCacheEntryBase* CreateTexture(unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
 		unsigned int expanded_width, unsigned int tex_levels, PC_TexFormat pcfmt) = 0;
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
index 3e9d25c476..05514d1919 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@ u64 EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 source_texture,u32 Sou
 
 	int size_in_bytes = TexDecoder_GetTextureSizeInBytes(width, height, format);
 
+	u64 hash = GetHash64(dest_ptr,size_in_bytes,g_ActiveConfig.iSafeTextureCache_ColorSamples);
+
+	// If the texture in RAM is already in the texture cache, do not copy it again as it has not changed.
+	if (TextureCache::Find(address, hash))
+		return hash;
+	
 	u16 blkW = TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(format) - 1;
 	u16 blkH = TexDecoder_GetBlockHeightInTexels(format) - 1;	
 	u16 samples = TextureConversionShader::GetEncodedSampleCount(format);	
@@ -439,7 +445,7 @@ u64 EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 source_texture,u32 Sou
     int readStride = (expandedWidth * cacheBytes) / TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(format);
 	EncodeToRamUsingShader(texconv_shader, source_texture, scaledSource, dest_ptr, expandedWidth / samples, expandedHeight, readStride, true, bScaleByHalf > 0);
 	TextureCache::MakeRangeDynamic(address,size_in_bytes);
-	return GetHash64(dest_ptr,size_in_bytes,g_ActiveConfig.iSafeTextureCache_ColorSamples);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 void EncodeToRamYUYV(LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 srcTexture, const TargetRectangle& sourceRc, u8* destAddr, int dstWidth, int dstHeight)
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
index 9236f2a627..ee1236b8d1 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
@@ -345,6 +345,12 @@ u64 EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,GLuint source_texture,float MValueX,float
 
 	int size_in_bytes = TexDecoder_GetTextureSizeInBytes(width, height, format);
 
+	u64 hash = GetHash64(dest_ptr,size_in_bytes,g_ActiveConfig.iSafeTextureCache_ColorSamples);
+
+	// If the texture in RAM is already in the texture cache, do not copy it again as it has not changed.
+	if (TextureCache::Find(address, hash))
+		return hash;
+
 	u16 blkW = TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(format) - 1;
 	u16 blkH = TexDecoder_GetBlockHeightInTexels(format) - 1;	
 	u16 samples = TextureConversionShader::GetEncodedSampleCount(format);	
@@ -375,7 +381,7 @@ u64 EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,GLuint source_texture,float MValueX,float
     int readStride = (expandedWidth * cacheBytes) / TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(format);
 	EncodeToRamUsingShader(texconv_shader, source_texture, scaledSource, dest_ptr, expandedWidth / samples, expandedHeight, readStride, true, bScaleByHalf > 0 && !bFromZBuffer);
 	TextureCache::MakeRangeDynamic(address,size_in_bytes);
-	return GetHash64(dest_ptr,size_in_bytes,g_ActiveConfig.iSafeTextureCache_ColorSamples);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 void EncodeToRamYUYV(GLuint srcTexture, const TargetRectangle& sourceRc, u8* destAddr, int dstWidth, int dstHeight)