diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/blit.c b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/blit.c
index 9df86bf539..1b6391a21a 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/blit.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/blit.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ void pgraph_vk_image_blit(NV2AState *d)
             // download should be discarded.
             surf_dest->download_pending = false;
             surf_dest->draw_dirty = false;
+            surf_dest->download_generation = surf_dest->draw_generation;
         }
         surf_dest->upload_pending = true;
         pg->draw_time++;
diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c
index 40c6d9f7e2..8df6ebc84b 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c
@@ -1952,12 +1952,18 @@ void pgraph_vk_set_surface_dirty(PGRAPHState *pg, bool color, bool zeta)
 
     if (r->color_binding) {
         r->color_binding->draw_dirty |= color;
+        if (color) {
+            r->color_binding->draw_generation++;
+        }
         r->color_binding->frame_time = pg->frame_time;
         r->color_binding->cleared = false;
     }
 
     if (r->zeta_binding) {
         r->zeta_binding->draw_dirty |= zeta;
+        if (zeta) {
+            r->zeta_binding->draw_generation++;
+        }
         r->zeta_binding->frame_time = pg->frame_time;
         r->zeta_binding->cleared = false;
     }
diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/renderer.h b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/renderer.h
index 2be05ba080..279dc04b8d 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/renderer.h
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/renderer.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ typedef struct SurfaceBinding {
     bool draw_dirty;
     bool download_pending;
     bool upload_pending;
+    uint32_t draw_generation;
+    uint32_t download_generation;
 
     BasicSurfaceFormatInfo fmt;
     SurfaceFormatInfo host_fmt;
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@ typedef struct TextureBinding {
     uint64_t hash;
     unsigned int draw_time;
     uint32_t submit_time;
+    unsigned int dirty_check_frame;
+    bool dirty_check_result;
 } TextureBinding;
 
 typedef struct QueryReport {
diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/surface.c b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/surface.c
index aacd5b333c..256d253c12 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/surface.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/surface.c
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ static void download_surface(NV2AState *d, SurfaceBinding *surface, bool force)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!surface->draw_dirty &&
+        surface->download_generation == surface->draw_generation) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // FIXME: Respect write enable at last TOU?
 
     download_surface_to_buffer(d, surface, d->vram_ptr + surface->vram_addr);
@@ -491,6 +496,7 @@ static void download_surface(NV2AState *d, SurfaceBinding *surface, bool force)
 
     surface->download_pending = false;
     surface->draw_dirty = false;
+    surface->download_generation = surface->draw_generation;
 }
 
 void pgraph_vk_wait_for_surface_download(SurfaceBinding *surface)
@@ -1375,6 +1381,8 @@ static void populate_surface_binding_target_sized(NV2AState *d, bool color,
     target->upload_pending = true;
     target->download_pending = false;
     target->draw_dirty = false;
+    target->draw_generation = 0;
+    target->download_generation = 0;
     target->dma_addr = dma.address;
     target->dma_len = dma.limit;
     target->frame_time = pg->frame_time;
diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/texture.c b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/texture.c
index b303e73b93..433d3bb6ea 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/texture.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/texture.c
@@ -1162,9 +1162,29 @@ static void create_texture(PGRAPHState *pg, int texture_idx)
     }
 
     if (!surface_to_texture && !possibly_dirty_checked) {
-        possibly_dirty |= check_texture_possibly_dirty(
-            d, texture_vram_offset, texture_length, texture_palette_vram_offset,
-            texture_palette_data_size);
+        bool skip_dirty_check = binding_found &&
+            snode->dirty_check_frame == pg->frame_time &&
+            !snode->dirty_check_result;
+        if (!skip_dirty_check) {
+            bool vram_dirty = check_texture_possibly_dirty(
+                d, texture_vram_offset, texture_length,
+                texture_palette_vram_offset, texture_palette_data_size);
+            possibly_dirty |= vram_dirty;
+            if (binding_found) {
+                snode->dirty_check_frame = pg->frame_time;
+                snode->dirty_check_result = vram_dirty;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (binding_found && possibly_dirty && !surface_to_texture) {
+        bool vram_confirmed_clean =
+            snode->dirty_check_frame == pg->frame_time &&
+            !snode->dirty_check_result;
+        if (vram_confirmed_clean) {
+            snode->possibly_dirty = false;
+            possibly_dirty = false;
+        }
     }
 
     // Calculate hash of texture data, if necessary
@@ -1428,6 +1448,24 @@ void pgraph_vk_bind_textures(NV2AState *d)
         return;
     }
 
+    for (int i = 0; i < NV2A_MAX_TEXTURES; i++) {
+        TextureBinding *binding = r->texture_bindings[i];
+
+        if (!binding || binding == &r->dummy_texture || !binding->possibly_dirty
+            || binding->dirty_check_frame == pg->frame_time) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        bool vram_dirty = check_texture_possibly_dirty(
+            d, binding->key.texture_vram_offset, binding->key.texture_length,
+            binding->key.palette_vram_offset, binding->key.palette_length);
+        binding->dirty_check_frame = pg->frame_time;
+        binding->dirty_check_result = vram_dirty;
+        if (!vram_dirty) {
+            binding->possibly_dirty = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     for (int i = 0; i < NV2A_MAX_TEXTURES; i++) {
         if (!pgraph_is_texture_enabled(pg, i)) {
             r->texture_bindings[i] = &r->dummy_texture;
@@ -1452,6 +1490,9 @@ static void texture_cache_entry_init(Lru *lru, LruNode *node, const void *state)
     snode->allocation = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     snode->image_view = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     snode->sampler = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    snode->submit_time = 0;
+    snode->dirty_check_frame = 0;
+    snode->dirty_check_result = false;
 }
 
 static void texture_cache_release_node_resources(PGRAPHVkState *r, TextureBinding *snode)