diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/RenderBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/RenderBase.cpp
index 72d23cdc2f..4e67c5c72f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/RenderBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/RenderBase.cpp
@@ -152,13 +152,10 @@ bool Renderer::CalculateTargetSize(int multiplier)
 	newEFBWidth *= multiplier;
 	newEFBHeight *= multiplier;
 
-	s_Fulltarget_width = newEFBWidth;
-	s_Fulltarget_height = newEFBHeight;
-
 	if (newEFBWidth != s_target_width || newEFBHeight != s_target_height)
 	{
-		s_target_width  = newEFBWidth;
-		s_target_height = newEFBHeight;
+		s_Fulltarget_width = s_target_width  = newEFBWidth;
+		s_Fulltarget_height = s_target_height = newEFBHeight;
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp
index 495df4b977..9a751837ba 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Renderer::Renderer()
 	vp.Width  = s_target_width;
 	vp.Height = s_target_height;
 	D3D::dev->SetViewport(&vp);
-	D3D::dev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_ARGB(255,0,0,0), 1.0f, 0);
+	D3D::dev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0);
 	D3D::BeginFrame();
 	D3D::SetRenderState(D3DRS_SCISSORTESTENABLE, true);
 	D3D::dev->CreateOffscreenPlainSurface(s_backbuffer_width,s_backbuffer_height, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM, &ScreenShootMEMSurface, NULL );
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ void Renderer::UpdateViewport()
 
 			D3D::dev->SetRenderTarget(0, FramebufferManager::GetEFBColorRTSurface());
 			D3D::dev->SetDepthStencilSurface(FramebufferManager::GetEFBDepthRTSurface());
-			D3D::dev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_ARGB(255,0,0,0), 1.0f, 0);
+			D3D::dev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ void Renderer::Swap(u32 xfbAddr, FieldType field, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight,cons
 		}
 		D3D::dev->SetRenderTarget(0, FramebufferManager::GetEFBColorRTSurface());
 		D3D::dev->SetDepthStencilSurface(FramebufferManager::GetEFBDepthRTSurface());
-		D3D::dev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_ARGB(255,0,0,0), 1.0f, 0);
+		D3D::dev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0);
 	}
 
 	// Place messages on the picture, then copy it to the screen
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
index 0ca4003ec6..b5d97d2a7b 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
@@ -443,11 +443,9 @@ u64 EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 source_texture, u32 So
 
     int readStride = (expandedWidth * cacheBytes) / TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(format);
 	EncodeToRamUsingShader(texconv_shader, source_texture, scaledSource, dest_ptr, expandedWidth / samples, expandedHeight, readStride, true, bScaleByHalf > 0,1.0f);
-	u64 hash = 0;
+	u64 hash = GetHash64(dest_ptr,size_in_bytes,g_ActiveConfig.iSafeTextureCache_ColorSamples);
 	if (g_ActiveConfig.bEFBCopyCacheEnable)
 	{
-		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;
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
index cc72f29b86..13fb372767 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
@@ -371,12 +371,10 @@ u64 EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,GLuint source_texture, bool bFromZBuffer,
 		dest_ptr, expandedWidth / samples, expandedHeight, readStride,
 		true, bScaleByHalf > 0 && !bFromZBuffer);
 
-	u64 hash = 0;
+	u64 hash = GetHash64(dest_ptr, size_in_bytes,
+			g_ActiveConfig.iSafeTextureCache_ColorSamples);
 	if (g_ActiveConfig.bEFBCopyCacheEnable)
 	{
-		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))