diff --git a/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp b/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp
index 8b195501a..fd65478df 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp
@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ void EmuThread::run() {
     MicroProfileOnThreadCreate("EmuThread");
     Frontend::ScopeAcquireContext scope(core_context);
 
-    /*emit LoadProgress(VideoCore::LoadCallbackStage::Prepare, 0, 0);
+    emit LoadProgress(VideoCore::LoadCallbackStage::Prepare, 0, 0);
 
     Core::System::GetInstance().Renderer().Rasterizer()->LoadDiskResources(
         stop_run, [this](VideoCore::LoadCallbackStage stage, std::size_t value, std::size_t total) {
             emit LoadProgress(stage, value, total);
         });
 
-    emit LoadProgress(VideoCore::LoadCallbackStage::Complete, 0, 0);*/
+    emit LoadProgress(VideoCore::LoadCallbackStage::Complete, 0, 0);
+    emit HideLoadingScreen();
 
     if (Core::System::GetInstance().frame_limiter.IsFrameAdvancing()) {
         // Usually the loading screen is hidden after the first frame is drawn. In this case
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/renderer_vulkan.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/renderer_vulkan.cpp
index 0f06a6ee1..baea523d1 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/renderer_vulkan.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/renderer_vulkan.cpp
@@ -185,10 +185,12 @@ void RendererVulkan::PrepareRendertarget() {
         if (color_fill.is_enabled) {
             LoadColorToActiveGLTexture(color_fill.color_r, color_fill.color_g, color_fill.color_b, screen_infos[i]);
         } else {
-            auto extent = screen_infos[i].texture.GetArea().extent;
-            auto format = screen_infos[i].format;
-            if (extent.width != framebuffer.width || extent.height != framebuffer.height ||
-                format != framebuffer.color_format) {
+            auto [width, height] = screen_infos[i].texture.GetArea().extent;
+            u32 fwidth = framebuffer.width;
+            u32 fheight = framebuffer.height;
+
+            if (width != fwidth || height != fheight ||
+                    screen_infos[i].format != framebuffer.color_format) {
                 // Reallocate texture if the framebuffer size has changed.
                 // This is expected to not happen very often and hence should not be a
                 // performance problem.
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ void RendererVulkan::LoadColorToActiveGLTexture(u8 color_r, u8 color_g, u8 color
  */
 void RendererVulkan::CreateVulkanObjects() {
     clear_color = vk::ClearColorValue{std::array<float, 4>{Settings::values.bg_red, Settings::values.bg_green, Settings::values.bg_blue, 0.0f}};
+    clear_color = vk::ClearColorValue(std::array<float, 4>{1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0, 1.0f});
 
     //filter_sampler.Create();
     //ReloadSampler();
@@ -286,7 +289,7 @@ void RendererVulkan::CreateVulkanObjects() {
 }
 
 void RendererVulkan::ConfigureFramebufferTexture(ScreenInfo& screen, const GPU::Regs::FramebufferConfig& framebuffer) {
-    GPU::Regs::PixelFormat format = framebuffer.color_format;
+    screen.format = framebuffer.color_format;
 
     VKTexture::Info texture_info{
         .width = framebuffer.width,
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ void RendererVulkan::ConfigureFramebufferTexture(ScreenInfo& screen, const GPU::
                  vk::ImageUsageFlagBits::eSampled
     };
 
-    switch (format) {
+    switch (screen.format) {
     case GPU::Regs::PixelFormat::RGBA8:
         texture_info.format = vk::Format::eR8G8B8A8Srgb;
         break;
@@ -371,7 +374,9 @@ void RendererVulkan::DrawSingleScreenRotated(const ScreenInfo& screen_info, floa
     state.ApplyPresentState();
 
     auto cmdbuffer = g_vk_task_scheduler->GetRenderCommandBuffer();
-    cmdbuffer.bindVertexBuffers(0, vertex_buffer.GetBuffer(), {0});
+    vk::DeviceSize offset = 0;
+
+    cmdbuffer.bindVertexBuffers(0, 1, &vertex_buffer.GetBuffer(), &offset);
     cmdbuffer.draw(4, 1, 0, 0);
 }
 
@@ -716,9 +721,9 @@ VideoCore::ResultStatus RendererVulkan::Init() {
     g_vk_instace->Create(instance, physical_devices[1], surface, true);
     g_vk_task_scheduler->Create();
 
-    auto& layout = render_window.GetFramebufferLayout();
+    //auto& layout = render_window.GetFramebufferLayout();
     swapchain = std::make_shared<VKSwapChain>(surface);
-    swapchain->Create(layout.width, layout.height, false);
+    //swapchain->Create(layout.width, layout.height, false);
 
     // Create Vulkan state
     VulkanState::Create(swapchain);
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.cpp
index c1ac78822..4774fcfe8 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ void StreamBuffer::Commit(u32 size, vk::AccessFlags access_to_block,
 
         buffer_pos += size;
     }
+    else {
+        printf("f");
+    }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.h
index 02cfbfa6a..8a997e647 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public:
     /// Return a pointer to the mapped memory if the buffer is host mapped
     u8* GetHostPointer() const { return reinterpret_cast<u8*>(host_ptr); }
     const vk::BufferView& GetView(u32 i = 0) const { return views[i]; }
-    vk::Buffer GetBuffer() const { return buffer; }
+    const vk::Buffer& GetBuffer() const { return buffer; }
     u32 GetSize() const { return buffer_info.size; }
 
     void Upload(std::span<const std::byte> data, u32 offset,
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_builder.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_builder.cpp
index 01cde1f5e..e117007d7 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_builder.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_builder.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void PipelineBuilder::SetRenderingFormats(vk::Format color, vk::Format depth_ste
     };
 
     const u32 color_attachment_count = color == vk::Format::eUndefined ? 0 : 1;
-    rendering_info = vk::PipelineRenderingCreateInfoKHR{0, color_attachment_count, &color_format, depth_stencil_format,
+    rendering_info = vk::PipelineRenderingCreateInfo{0, color_attachment_count, &color_format, depth_stencil_format,
                         IsStencil(depth_stencil) ? depth_stencil : vk::Format::eUndefined};
     pipeline_info.pNext = &rendering_info;
 }
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
index dc18f0e67..a2ecf26f8 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ RasterizerVulkan::RasterizerVulkan(Frontend::EmuWindow& emu_window) {
     VKBuffer::Info texel_buffer_info = {
         .size = TEXTURE_BUFFER_SIZE,
         .properties = vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal,
-        .usage = vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageTexelBuffer |
+        .usage = vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eUniformTexelBuffer |
         vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eTransferDst,
     };
 
@@ -116,13 +116,18 @@ RasterizerVulkan::RasterizerVulkan(Frontend::EmuWindow& emu_window) {
     index_buffer.Create(index_info);
 
     // Set clear texture color
-    state.SetPlaceholderColor(0, 0, 0, 255);
+    state.SetPlaceholderColor(255, 0, 0, 255);
 
     SyncEntireState();
 }
 
 RasterizerVulkan::~RasterizerVulkan() = default;
 
+void RasterizerVulkan::LoadDiskResources(const std::atomic_bool& stop_loading,
+                       const VideoCore::DiskResourceLoadCallback& callback) {
+
+}
+
 void RasterizerVulkan::SyncEntireState() {
     // Sync fixed function Vulkan state
     SyncClipEnabled();
@@ -394,8 +399,14 @@ bool RasterizerVulkan::Draw(bool accelerate, bool is_indexed) {
     }
 
     state.EndRendering();
+    color_surface->texture.Transition(cmdbuffer, vk::ImageLayout::eShaderReadOnlyOptimal);
+    depth_surface->texture.Transition(cmdbuffer, vk::ImageLayout::eShaderReadOnlyOptimal);
+
     g_vk_task_scheduler->Submit();
 
+    auto gpu_tick = g_vk_task_scheduler->GetGPUTick();
+    auto cpu_tick = g_vk_task_scheduler->GetCPUTick();
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h
index 770977b42..3504ab985 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public:
     ~RasterizerVulkan() override;
 
     void LoadDiskResources(const std::atomic_bool& stop_loading,
-                           const VideoCore::DiskResourceLoadCallback& callback) override {}
+                           const VideoCore::DiskResourceLoadCallback& callback) override;
 
     void AddTriangle(const Pica::Shader::OutputVertex& v0, const Pica::Shader::OutputVertex& v1,
                      const Pica::Shader::OutputVertex& v2) override;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer_cache.cpp
index 4f14a1bc6..bb0689fef 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer_cache.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <bitset>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <optional>
 #include <unordered_set>
@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ void RasterizerCacheVulkan::CopySurface(const Surface& src_surface, const Surfac
 MICROPROFILE_DEFINE(Vulkan_SurfaceLoad, "Vulkan", "Surface Load", MP_RGB(128, 192, 64));
 void CachedSurface::LoadGPUBuffer(PAddr load_start, PAddr load_end) {
     ASSERT(type != SurfaceType::Fill);
+    const bool need_swap = (pixel_format == PixelFormat::RGBA8 || pixel_format == PixelFormat::RGB8);
 
     const u8* const texture_src_data = VideoCore::g_memory->GetPhysicalPointer(addr);
     if (texture_src_data == nullptr)
@@ -451,8 +453,27 @@ void CachedSurface::LoadGPUBuffer(PAddr load_start, PAddr load_end) {
 
     if (!is_tiled) {
         ASSERT(type == SurfaceType::Color);
-        std::memcpy(&vk_buffer[start_offset], texture_src_data + start_offset,
+        if (need_swap) {
+            // TODO(liushuyu): check if the byteswap here is 100% correct
+            // cannot fully test this
+            if (pixel_format == PixelFormat::RGBA8) {
+                for (std::size_t i = start_offset; i < load_end - addr; i += 4) {
+                    vk_buffer[i] = texture_src_data[i + 3];
+                    vk_buffer[i + 1] = texture_src_data[i + 2];
+                    vk_buffer[i + 2] = texture_src_data[i + 1];
+                    vk_buffer[i + 3] = texture_src_data[i];
+                }
+            } else if (pixel_format == PixelFormat::RGB8) {
+                for (std::size_t i = start_offset; i < load_end - addr; i += 3) {
+                    vk_buffer[i] = texture_src_data[i + 2];
+                    vk_buffer[i + 1] = texture_src_data[i + 1];
+                    vk_buffer[i + 2] = texture_src_data[i];
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            std::memcpy(&vk_buffer[start_offset], texture_src_data + start_offset,
                         load_end - load_start);
+        }
     } else {
         if (type == SurfaceType::Texture) {
             Pica::Texture::TextureInfo tex_info{};
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_shader_gen.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_shader_gen.cpp
index 0a31c90b0..fbf7334cf 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_shader_gen.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_shader_gen.cpp
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ vk::ShaderModule CompileShader(const std::string& source, vk::ShaderStageFlagBit
     shaderc::Compiler compiler;
     shaderc::CompileOptions options;
     options.SetOptimizationLevel(shaderc_optimization_level_performance);
-    options.SetTargetEnvironment(shaderc_target_env_vulkan, shaderc_env_version_vulkan_1_2);
+    options.SetTargetEnvironment(shaderc_target_env_vulkan, shaderc_env_version_vulkan_1_1);
     options.SetWarningsAsErrors();
     options.SetSourceLanguage(shaderc_source_language_glsl);
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.cpp
index 5f321adaf..c38ddc4a9 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <span>
 #include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/renderer_vulkan.h"
@@ -13,6 +14,17 @@ namespace Vulkan {
 
 std::unique_ptr<VulkanState> s_vulkan_state{};
 
+auto IsStencil = [](vk::Format format) -> bool {
+    switch (format) {
+    case vk::Format::eD16UnormS8Uint:
+    case vk::Format::eD24UnormS8Uint:
+    case vk::Format::eD32SfloatS8Uint:
+        return true;
+    default:
+        return false;
+    };
+};
+
 void DescriptorUpdater::Update() {
     assert(update_count > 0);
 
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ void VulkanState::SetTexture(u32 binding, const VKTexture& image) {
 void VulkanState::SetTexelBuffer(u32 binding, u32 offset, u32 size, const VKBuffer& buffer, u32 view_index) {
     auto& set = descriptor_sets[2];
     updater.PushBufferUpdate(set, binding,
-            vk::DescriptorType::eStorageTexelBuffer,
+            vk::DescriptorType::eUniformTexelBuffer,
             offset, size, buffer.GetBuffer(),
             buffer.GetView(view_index));
     descriptors_dirty = true;
@@ -177,18 +189,24 @@ void VulkanState::UnbindTexture(const VKTexture& image) {
     for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
         if (render_views[i] == image.GetView()) {
             render_views[i] = placeholder.GetView();
+            updater.PushCombinedImageSamplerUpdate(descriptor_sets[1], i,
+                    render_sampler, render_views[i]);
             descriptors_dirty = true;
         }
     }
 
     if (present_view == image.GetView()) {
         present_view = placeholder.GetView();
+        updater.PushCombinedImageSamplerUpdate(descriptor_sets[3], 0,
+                render_sampler, present_view);
         descriptors_dirty = true;
     }
 }
 
 void VulkanState::UnbindTexture(u32 unit) {
     render_views[unit] = placeholder.GetView();
+    updater.PushCombinedImageSamplerUpdate(descriptor_sets[1], unit,
+            render_sampler, render_views[unit]);
     descriptors_dirty = true;
 }
 
@@ -227,13 +245,17 @@ void VulkanState::BeginRendering(OptRef<VKTexture> color, OptRef<VKTexture> dept
             depth_load_op, depth_store_op, depth_clear
         };
 
-        infos[2] = vk::RenderingAttachmentInfo{
-            image.GetView(), image.GetLayout(), {}, {}, {},
-            stencil_load_op, stencil_store_op, depth_clear
-        };
-
         render_info.pDepthAttachment = &infos[1];
-        render_info.pStencilAttachment = &infos[2];
+
+
+        if (IsStencil(image.GetFormat())) {
+            infos[2] = vk::RenderingAttachmentInfo{
+                image.GetView(), image.GetLayout(), {}, {}, {},
+                stencil_load_op, stencil_store_op, depth_clear
+            };
+
+            render_info.pStencilAttachment = &infos[2];
+        }
     }
 
     if (update_pipeline_formats) {
@@ -363,25 +385,26 @@ void VulkanState::InitDescriptorSets() {
     auto sets = device.allocateDescriptorSets(allocate_info);
 
     // Update them if the previous sets are valid
-    auto result = std::ranges::find_if(descriptor_sets, [](vk::DescriptorSet set) { return bool(set); });
-    if (result != descriptor_sets.end()) {
-        std::array<vk::CopyDescriptorSet, 10> copies{{
-            {descriptor_sets[0], 0, 0, sets[0], 0, 0}, // shader_data
-            {descriptor_sets[0], 1, 0, sets[0], 1, 0}, // pica_uniforms
-            {descriptor_sets[1], 0, 0, sets[1], 0, 0}, // tex0
-            {descriptor_sets[1], 1, 0, sets[1], 1, 0}, // tex1
-            {descriptor_sets[1], 2, 0, sets[1], 2, 0}, // tex2
-            {descriptor_sets[1], 3, 0, sets[1], 3, 0}, // tex_cube
-            {descriptor_sets[2], 0, 0, sets[2], 0, 0}, // texture_buffer_lut_lf
-            {descriptor_sets[2], 1, 0, sets[2], 1, 0}, // texture_buffer_lut_rg
-            {descriptor_sets[2], 2, 0, sets[2], 2, 0}, // texture_buffer_lut_rgba
-            {descriptor_sets[3], 0, 0, sets[3], 0, 0}
-        }};
+    u32 copy_count = 0;
+    std::array<vk::CopyDescriptorSet, 10> copies;
 
-        device.updateDescriptorSets({}, copies);
+    // Copy only valid descriptors
+    std::array<u32, 4> binding_count{2, 4, 3, 1};
+    for (int i = 0; i < descriptor_sets.size(); i++) {
+        if (descriptor_sets[i]) {
+            for (u32 binding = 0; binding < binding_count[i]; binding++) {
+                copies[copy_count++] = {descriptor_sets[i], binding, 0, sets[i], binding, 0, 1};
+            }
+        }
     }
 
-    std::copy_n(sets.begin(), 4, descriptor_sets.begin());
+    if (copy_count < 10) {
+        // Some descriptors weren't copied and thus need manual updating
+        descriptors_dirty = true;
+    }
+
+    device.updateDescriptorSets(0, nullptr, copy_count, copies.data());
+    std::copy_n(sets.begin(), descriptor_sets.size(), descriptor_sets.begin());
 }
 
 void VulkanState::ApplyRenderState(const Pica::Regs& regs) {
@@ -533,9 +556,9 @@ void VulkanState::BuildDescriptorLayouts() {
         {3, vk::DescriptorType::eCombinedImageSampler, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment}, // tex_cube
     }};
     std::array<vk::DescriptorSetLayoutBinding, 3> lut_set{{
-        {0, vk::DescriptorType::eStorageTexelBuffer, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment}, // texture_buffer_lut_lf
-        {1, vk::DescriptorType::eStorageTexelBuffer, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment}, // texture_buffer_lut_rg
-        {2, vk::DescriptorType::eStorageTexelBuffer, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment} // texture_buffer_lut_rgba
+        {0, vk::DescriptorType::eUniformTexelBuffer, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment}, // texture_buffer_lut_lf
+        {1, vk::DescriptorType::eUniformTexelBuffer, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment}, // texture_buffer_lut_rg
+        {2, vk::DescriptorType::eUniformTexelBuffer, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment} // texture_buffer_lut_rgba
     }};
     std::array<vk::DescriptorSetLayoutBinding, 1> present_set{{
        {0, vk::DescriptorType::eCombinedImageSampler, 1, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eFragment}
@@ -579,7 +602,7 @@ void VulkanState::ConfigureRenderPipeline() {
 
     // Enable every required dynamic state
     std::array dynamic_states{
-        vk::DynamicState::eDepthCompareOp, vk::DynamicState::eLineWidth,
+        vk::DynamicState::eDepthCompareOp,
         vk::DynamicState::eDepthTestEnable, vk::DynamicState::eStencilTestEnable,
         vk::DynamicState::eStencilOp,
         vk::DynamicState::eStencilCompareMask, vk::DynamicState::eStencilWriteMask,
@@ -614,7 +637,7 @@ void VulkanState::ConfigurePresentPipeline() {
     present_pipeline_builder.SetPrimitiveTopology(vk::PrimitiveTopology::eTriangleStrip);
     present_pipeline_builder.SetLineWidth(1.0f);
     present_pipeline_builder.SetNoCullRasterizationState();
-    present_pipeline_builder.SetRenderingFormats(swapchain->GetCurrentImage().GetFormat());
+    present_pipeline_builder.SetRenderingFormats(vk::Format::eB8G8R8A8Unorm);
 
     // Set depth, stencil tests and blending
     present_pipeline_builder.SetNoDepthTestState();
@@ -623,7 +646,6 @@ void VulkanState::ConfigurePresentPipeline() {
 
     // Enable every required dynamic state
     std::array dynamic_states{
-        vk::DynamicState::eLineWidth,
         vk::DynamicState::eViewport,
         vk::DynamicState::eScissor,
     };
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.h
index fdf84b100..aed22cdac 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_state.h
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ private:
 private:
     // Render targets
     std::shared_ptr<VKSwapChain> swapchain;
-    bool rendering{};
-    VKTexture* color_render_target{}, *depth_render_target{};
+    bool rendering{false};
     vk::ImageView present_view;
     std::array<vk::ImageView, 4> render_views;
     DrawInfo present_data;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.cpp
index 29a31c6ef..1060dd06d 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
 #include "common/assert.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.h"
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ static int BytesPerPixel(vk::Format format) {
     case vk::Format::eR5G6B5UnormPack16:
     case vk::Format::eR5G5B5A1UnormPack16:
     case vk::Format::eR4G4B4A4UnormPack16:
+    case vk::Format::eD16Unorm:
         return 2;
     default:
         UNREACHABLE();
@@ -247,7 +250,9 @@ void VKTexture::OverrideImageLayout(vk::ImageLayout new_layout) {
 }
 
 void VKTexture::Upload(u32 level, u32 layer, u32 row_length, vk::Rect2D region, std::span<u8> pixels) {
-    auto [buffer, offset] = g_vk_task_scheduler->RequestStaging(pixels.size_bytes());
+    u32 request_size = is_rgb ? (pixels.size() / 3) * 4 :
+                       (is_d24s8 ? (pixels.size() / 4) * 5 : pixels.size());
+    auto [buffer, offset] = g_vk_task_scheduler->RequestStaging(request_size);
     if (!buffer) {
         LOG_ERROR(Render_Vulkan, "Cannot upload pixels without staging buffer!");
     }
@@ -271,8 +276,6 @@ void VKTexture::Upload(u32 level, u32 layer, u32 row_length, vk::Rect2D region,
         std::memcpy(buffer, pixels.data(), pixels.size());
     }
 
-    std::memcpy(buffer, pixels.data(), pixels.size());
-
     vk::BufferImageCopy copy_region{
         offset, row_length, region.extent.height,
         {aspect, level, layer, 1},
@@ -342,33 +345,44 @@ void VKTexture::Download(u32 level, u32 layer, u32 row_length, vk::Rect2D region
     Transition(cmdbuffer, old_layout);
 }
 
+template <typename Out, typename In>
+std::span<Out> SpanCast(std::span<In> span) {
+    return std::span(reinterpret_cast<Out*>(span.data()), span.size_bytes() / sizeof(Out));
+}
+
 std::vector<u8> VKTexture::RGBToRGBA(std::span<u8> data) {
     ASSERT(data.size() % 3 == 0);
 
     u32 new_size = (data.size() / 3) * 4;
-    std::vector<u8> rgba(new_size, 255);
+    std::vector<u8> rgba(new_size);
 
     u32 dst_pos = 0;
     for (u32 i = 0; i < data.size(); i += 3) {
         std::memcpy(rgba.data() + dst_pos, data.data() + i, 3);
+        rgba[dst_pos + 3] = 255u;
         dst_pos += 4;
     }
 
     return rgba;
 }
 
-std::vector<u8> VKTexture::D24S8ToD32S8(std::span<u8> data) {
+std::vector<u64> VKTexture::D24S8ToD32S8(std::span<u8> data) {
     ASSERT(data.size() % 4 == 0);
 
-    u32 new_size = (data.size() / 4) * 8;
-    std::vector<u8> d32s8(new_size, 0);
+    std::vector<u64> d32s8;
+    std::span<u32> d24s8 = SpanCast<u32>(data);
 
-    u32 dst_pos = 0;
-    for (u32 i = 0; i < data.size(); i += 4) {
-        std::memcpy(d32s8.data() + dst_pos, data.data() + i, 3);
-        d32s8[dst_pos + 4] = data[i + 3];
-        dst_pos += 8;
-    }
+    d32s8.reserve(data.size() * 2);
+    std::ranges::transform(d24s8, std::back_inserter(d32s8), [](u32 comp) -> u64 {
+        // Convert normalized 24bit depth component to floating point
+        float fdepth = static_cast<float>(comp & 0xFFFFFF) / 0xFFFFFF;
+        u64 result = static_cast<u64>(comp) << 8;
+
+        // Use std::memcpy to avoid the unsafe casting required to preserve the floating
+        // point bits
+        std::memcpy(&result, &fdepth, 4);
+        return result;
+    });
 
     return d32s8;
 }
@@ -388,18 +402,23 @@ std::vector<u8> VKTexture::RGBAToRGB(std::span<u8> data) {
     return rgb;
 }
 
-std::vector<u8> VKTexture::D32S8ToD24S8(std::span<u8> data) {
+std::vector<u32> VKTexture::D32S8ToD24S8(std::span<u8> data) {
     ASSERT(data.size() % 8 == 0);
 
-    u32 new_size = (data.size() / 8) * 4;
-    std::vector<u8> d24s8(new_size);
+    std::vector<u32> d24s8;
+    std::span<u64> d32s8 = SpanCast<u64>(data);
 
-    u32 dst_pos = 0;
-    for (u32 i = 0; i < data.size(); i += 5) {
-        std::memcpy(d24s8.data() + dst_pos, data.data() + i, 3);
-        d24s8[dst_pos + 3] = data[i + 4];
-        dst_pos += 4;
-    }
+    d24s8.reserve(data.size() / 2);
+    std::ranges::transform(d32s8, std::back_inserter(d24s8), [](u64 comp) -> u32 {
+        // Convert floating point to 24bit normalized depth
+        float fdepth = 0.f;
+        u32 depth = comp & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+        std::memcpy(&fdepth, &depth, 4);
+
+        u32 stencil = (comp >> 32) & 0xFF;
+        u64 result = static_cast<u32>(fdepth * 0xFFFFFF) | (stencil << 24);
+        return result;
+    });
 
     return d24s8;
 }
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.h
index a367e9ae3..9a7ceb2b7 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture.h
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ public:
 
 private:
     std::vector<u8> RGBToRGBA(std::span<u8> data);
-    std::vector<u8> D24S8ToD32S8(std::span<u8> data);
+    std::vector<u64> D24S8ToD32S8(std::span<u8> data);
 
     std::vector<u8> RGBAToRGB(std::span<u8> data);
-    std::vector<u8> D32S8ToD24S8(std::span<u8> data);
+    std::vector<u32> D32S8ToD24S8(std::span<u8> data);
 
 private:
     VKTexture::Info info{};