diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.GAL/Format.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.GAL/Format.cs
index f6feec1c77..99c89dcec3 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.GAL/Format.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.GAL/Format.cs
@@ -335,6 +335,45 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.GAL
             return 1;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the texture format is a depth or depth-stencil format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="format">Texture format</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the format is a depth or depth-stencil format, false otherwise</returns>
+        public static bool HasDepth(this Format format)
+        {
+            switch (format)
+            {
+                case Format.D16Unorm:
+                case Format.D24UnormS8Uint:
+                case Format.S8UintD24Unorm:
+                case Format.D32Float:
+                case Format.D32FloatS8Uint:
+                    return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the texture format is a stencil or depth-stencil format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="format">Texture format</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the format is a stencil or depth-stencil format, false otherwise</returns>
+        public static bool HasStencil(this Format format)
+        {
+            switch (format)
+            {
+                case Format.D24UnormS8Uint:
+                case Format.S8UintD24Unorm:
+                case Format.D32FloatS8Uint:
+                case Format.S8Uint:
+                    return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks if the texture format is valid to use as image format.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs
index 18e7ac0037..1c31312cef 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Ryujinx.Graphics.GAL;
 using Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed.ComputeDraw;
 using Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Types;
+using Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image;
 using Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Memory;
 using System;
 
@@ -806,25 +807,69 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
                 updateFlags |= RenderTargetUpdateFlags.Layered;
             }
 
-            if (clearDepth || clearStencil)
+            bool clearDS = clearDepth || clearStencil;
+
+            if (clearDS)
             {
                 updateFlags |= RenderTargetUpdateFlags.UpdateDepthStencil;
             }
 
-            engine.UpdateRenderTargetState(updateFlags, singleUse: componentMask != 0 ? index : -1);
-
             // If there is a mismatch on the host clip region and the one explicitly defined by the guest
             // on the screen scissor state, then we need to force only one texture to be bound to avoid
             // host clipping.
             var screenScissorState = _state.State.ScreenScissorState;
 
+            bool clearAffectedByStencilMask = (_state.State.ClearFlags & 1) != 0;
+            bool clearAffectedByScissor = (_state.State.ClearFlags & 0x100) != 0;
+
+            if (clearDS || componentMask == 15)
+            {
+                // A full clear if scissor is disabled, or it matches the screen scissor state.
+
+                bool fullClear = screenScissorState.X == 0 && screenScissorState.Y == 0;
+
+                if (fullClear && clearAffectedByScissor && _state.State.ScissorState[0].Enable)
+                {
+                    ref var scissorState = ref _state.State.ScissorState[0];
+
+                    fullClear = scissorState.X1 == screenScissorState.X &&
+                        scissorState.Y1 == screenScissorState.Y &&
+                        scissorState.X2 >= screenScissorState.X + screenScissorState.Width &&
+                        scissorState.Y2 >= screenScissorState.Y + screenScissorState.Height;
+                }
+
+                if (fullClear && clearDS)
+                {
+                    // Must clear all aspects of the depth-stencil format.
+
+                    FormatInfo dsFormat = _state.State.RtDepthStencilState.Format.Convert();
+
+                    bool hasDepth = dsFormat.Format.HasDepth();
+                    bool hasStencil = dsFormat.Format.HasStencil();
+
+                    if (hasStencil && (!clearStencil || (clearAffectedByStencilMask && _state.State.StencilTestState.FrontMask != 0xff)))
+                    {
+                        fullClear = false;
+                    }
+                    else if (hasDepth && !clearDepth)
+                    {
+                        fullClear = false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (fullClear)
+                {
+                    updateFlags |= RenderTargetUpdateFlags.DiscardClip;
+                }
+            }
+
+            engine.UpdateRenderTargetState(updateFlags, singleUse: componentMask != 0 ? index : -1);
+
             // Must happen after UpdateRenderTargetState to have up-to-date clip region values.
             bool clipMismatch = (screenScissorState.X | screenScissorState.Y) != 0 ||
                                 screenScissorState.Width != _channel.TextureManager.ClipRegionWidth ||
                                 screenScissorState.Height != _channel.TextureManager.ClipRegionHeight;
 
-            bool clearAffectedByStencilMask = (_state.State.ClearFlags & 1) != 0;
-            bool clearAffectedByScissor = (_state.State.ClearFlags & 0x100) != 0;
             bool needsCustomScissor = !clearAffectedByScissor || clipMismatch;
 
             // Scissor and rasterizer discard also affect clears.
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs
index e575923d9d..58c7bdb442 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
         /// </summary>
         UpdateDepthStencil = 1 << 3,
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates that the data in the clip region can be discarded for the next use.
+        /// </summary>
+        DiscardClip = 1 << 4,
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Default update flags for draw.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/StateUpdater.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/StateUpdater.cs
index 48a497b591..37e41c51be 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/StateUpdater.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/StateUpdater.cs
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
             bool useControl = updateFlags.HasFlag(RenderTargetUpdateFlags.UseControl);
             bool layered = updateFlags.HasFlag(RenderTargetUpdateFlags.Layered);
             bool singleColor = updateFlags.HasFlag(RenderTargetUpdateFlags.SingleColor);
+            bool discard = updateFlags.HasFlag(RenderTargetUpdateFlags.DiscardClip);
 
             int count = useControl ? rtControl.UnpackCount() : Constants.TotalRenderTargets;
 
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
                     memoryManager,
                     colorState,
                     _vtgWritesRtLayer || layered,
+                    discard,
                     samplesInX,
                     samplesInY,
                     sizeHint);
@@ -525,6 +527,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
                     dsState,
                     dsSize,
                     _vtgWritesRtLayer || layered,
+                    discard,
                     samplesInX,
                     samplesInY,
                     sizeHint);
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs
index 0fce4debbb..022a3839ff 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs
@@ -570,6 +570,18 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             return Group.CheckDirty(this, consume);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Discards all data for this texture.
+        /// This clears all dirty flags, modified flags, and pending copies from other textures.
+        /// It should be used if the texture data will be fully overwritten by the next use.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void DiscardData()
+        {
+            Group.DiscardData(this);
+
+            _dirty = false;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Synchronizes guest and host memory.
         /// This will overwrite the texture data with the texture data on the guest memory, if a CPU
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureCache.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureCache.cs
index 3f215a4aca..55000ac6ea 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureCache.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureCache.cs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
                 flags |= TextureSearchFlags.NoCreate;
             }
 
-            Texture texture = FindOrCreateTexture(memoryManager, flags, info, 0);
+            Texture texture = FindOrCreateTexture(memoryManager, flags, info, 0, sizeHint: sizeHint);
 
             texture?.SynchronizeMemory();
 
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         /// <param name="memoryManager">GPU memory manager where the texture is mapped</param>
         /// <param name="colorState">Color buffer texture to find or create</param>
         /// <param name="layered">Indicates if the texture might be accessed with a non-zero layer index</param>
+        /// <param name="discard">Indicates that the sizeHint region's data will be overwritten</param>
         /// <param name="samplesInX">Number of samples in the X direction, for MSAA</param>
         /// <param name="samplesInY">Number of samples in the Y direction, for MSAA</param>
         /// <param name="sizeHint">A hint indicating the minimum used size for the texture</param>
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             MemoryManager memoryManager,
             RtColorState colorState,
             bool layered,
+            bool discard,
             int samplesInX,
             int samplesInY,
             Size sizeHint)
@@ -398,7 +400,14 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
 
             int layerSize = !isLinear ? colorState.LayerSize * 4 : 0;
 
-            Texture texture = FindOrCreateTexture(memoryManager, TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale, info, layerSize);
+            var flags = TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale;
+
+            if (discard)
+            {
+                flags |= TextureSearchFlags.DiscardData;
+            }
+
+            Texture texture = FindOrCreateTexture(memoryManager, flags, info, layerSize, sizeHint: sizeHint);
 
             texture?.SynchronizeMemory();
 
@@ -412,6 +421,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         /// <param name="dsState">Depth-stencil buffer texture to find or create</param>
         /// <param name="size">Size of the depth-stencil texture</param>
         /// <param name="layered">Indicates if the texture might be accessed with a non-zero layer index</param>
+        /// <param name="discard">Indicates that the sizeHint region's data will be overwritten</param>
         /// <param name="samplesInX">Number of samples in the X direction, for MSAA</param>
         /// <param name="samplesInY">Number of samples in the Y direction, for MSAA</param>
         /// <param name="sizeHint">A hint indicating the minimum used size for the texture</param>
@@ -421,6 +431,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             RtDepthStencilState dsState,
             Size3D size,
             bool layered,
+            bool discard,
             int samplesInX,
             int samplesInY,
             Size sizeHint)
@@ -465,7 +476,14 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
                 target,
                 formatInfo);
 
-            Texture texture = FindOrCreateTexture(memoryManager, TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale, info, dsState.LayerSize * 4);
+            var flags = TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale;
+
+            if (discard)
+            {
+                flags |= TextureSearchFlags.DiscardData;
+            }
+
+            Texture texture = FindOrCreateTexture(memoryManager, flags, info, dsState.LayerSize * 4, sizeHint: sizeHint);
 
             texture?.SynchronizeMemory();
 
@@ -500,6 +518,37 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             return Math.Clamp(widthAligned - alignment + 1, minimumWidth, widthAligned);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines if texture data should be fully discarded
+        /// based on the size hint region and whether it is set to be discarded.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="discard">Whether the size hint region should be discarded</param>
+        /// <param name="texture">The texture being discarded</param>
+        /// <param name="sizeHint">A hint indicating the minimum used size for the texture</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the data should be discarded, false otherwise</returns>
+        private static bool ShouldDiscard(bool discard, Texture texture, Size? sizeHint)
+        {
+            return discard &&
+                texture.Info.DepthOrLayers == 1 &&
+                sizeHint != null &&
+                texture.Width <= sizeHint.Value.Width &&
+                texture.Height <= sizeHint.Value.Height;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Discards texture data if requested and possible.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="discard">Whether the size hint region should be discarded</param>
+        /// <param name="texture">The texture being discarded</param>
+        /// <param name="sizeHint">A hint indicating the minimum used size for the texture</param>
+        private static void DiscardIfNeeded(bool discard, Texture texture, Size? sizeHint)
+        {
+            if (ShouldDiscard(discard, texture, sizeHint))
+            {
+                texture.DiscardData();
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Tries to find an existing texture, or create a new one if not found.
         /// </summary>
@@ -507,6 +556,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         /// <param name="flags">The texture search flags, defines texture comparison rules</param>
         /// <param name="info">Texture information of the texture to be found or created</param>
         /// <param name="layerSize">Size in bytes of a single texture layer</param>
+        /// <param name="sizeHint">A hint indicating the minimum used size for the texture</param>
         /// <param name="range">Optional ranges of physical memory where the texture data is located</param>
         /// <returns>The texture</returns>
         public Texture FindOrCreateTexture(
@@ -514,9 +564,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             TextureSearchFlags flags,
             TextureInfo info,
             int layerSize = 0,
+            Size? sizeHint = null,
             MultiRange? range = null)
         {
             bool isSamplerTexture = (flags & TextureSearchFlags.ForSampler) != 0;
+            bool discard = (flags & TextureSearchFlags.DiscardData) != 0;
 
             TextureScaleMode scaleMode = IsUpscaleCompatible(info, (flags & TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale) != 0);
 
@@ -612,6 +664,8 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
 
             if (texture != null)
             {
+                DiscardIfNeeded(discard, texture, sizeHint);
+
                 texture.SynchronizeMemory();
 
                 return texture;
@@ -907,7 +961,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
 
                 // We need to synchronize before copying the old view data to the texture,
                 // otherwise the copied data would be overwritten by a future synchronization.
-                texture.InitializeData(false, setData);
+                texture.InitializeData(false, setData && !ShouldDiscard(discard, texture, sizeHint));
 
                 texture.Group.InitializeOverlaps();
 
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroup.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroup.cs
index 1b947cd3b8..be33247ce8 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroup.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroup.cs
@@ -278,6 +278,24 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             return dirty;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Discards all data for a given texture.
+        /// This clears all dirty flags, modified flags, and pending copies from other textures.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="texture">The texture being discarded</param>
+        public void DiscardData(Texture texture)
+        {
+            EvaluateRelevantHandles(texture, (baseHandle, regionCount, split) =>
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < regionCount; i++)
+                {
+                    TextureGroupHandle group = _handles[baseHandle + i];
+
+                    group.DiscardData();
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Synchronize memory for a given texture.
         /// If overlapping tracking handles are dirty, fully or partially synchronize the texture data.
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroupHandle.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroupHandle.cs
index ef7198e886..84171c7a92 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroupHandle.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureGroupHandle.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 using Ryujinx.Memory.Tracking;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
@@ -155,6 +154,24 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Discards all data for this handle.
+        /// This clears all dirty flags, modified flags, and pending copies from other handles.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void DiscardData()
+        {
+            Modified = false;
+            DeferredCopy = null;
+
+            foreach (RegionHandle handle in Handles)
+            {
+                if (handle.Dirty)
+                {
+                    handle.Reprotect();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Calculate a list of which views overlap this handle.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureSearchFlags.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureSearchFlags.cs
index fb2a97b0b2..f651420a76 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureSearchFlags.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureSearchFlags.cs
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         DepthAlias = 1 << 3,
         WithUpscale = 1 << 4,
         NoCreate = 1 << 5,
+        DiscardData = 1 << 6,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Window.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Window.cs
index 1f94122d81..3b23685370 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Window.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Window.cs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu
             {
                 pt.AcquireCallback(_context, pt.UserObj);
 
-                Image.Texture texture = pt.Cache.FindOrCreateTexture(null, TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale, pt.Info, 0, pt.Range);
+                Image.Texture texture = pt.Cache.FindOrCreateTexture(null, TextureSearchFlags.WithUpscale, pt.Info, 0, range: pt.Range);
 
                 pt.Cache.Tick();