diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs
index d8de14de09..fe35875160 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/DrawManager.cs
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
 
             engine.UpdateState(ulong.MaxValue & ~(1UL << StateUpdater.ShaderStateIndex));
 
+            _channel.TextureManager.SignalRenderTargetsModifiable();
             _channel.TextureManager.UpdateRenderTargets();
 
             int textureId = _state.State.DrawTextureTextureId;
@@ -803,7 +804,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
             int index = (argument >> 6) & 0xf;
             int layer = (argument >> 10) & 0x3ff;
 
-            RenderTargetUpdateFlags updateFlags = RenderTargetUpdateFlags.SingleColor;
+            RenderTargetUpdateFlags updateFlags = RenderTargetUpdateFlags.SingleColor | RenderTargetUpdateFlags.ForClear;
 
             if (layer != 0 || layerCount > 1)
             {
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs
index 58c7bdb442..ebfa83e790 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/RenderTargetUpdateFlags.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
         /// </summary>
         DiscardClip = 1 << 4,
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates that the render target will be used for a clear operation.
+        /// </summary>
+        ForClear = 1 << 5,
+
         /// <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 6b4ea89f39..9fc9cc1a77 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/StateUpdater.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Engine/Threed/StateUpdater.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
         private ProgramPipelineState _pipeline;
 
         private bool _fsReadsFragCoord;
+        private bool _fsAlwaysDiscards;
         private bool _vsUsesDrawParameters;
         private bool _vtgWritesRtLayer;
         private byte _vsClipDistancesWritten;
@@ -476,6 +477,8 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
             bool changedScale = false;
             uint rtNoAlphaMask = 0;
 
+            bool rtModifiable = updateFlags.HasFlag(RenderTargetUpdateFlags.ForClear) || !_fsAlwaysDiscards;
+
             for (int index = 0; index < Constants.TotalRenderTargets; index++)
             {
                 int rtIndex = useControl ? rtControl.UnpackPermutationIndex(index) : index;
@@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
 
                 if (index >= count || !IsRtEnabled(colorState) || (singleColor && index != singleUse))
                 {
-                    changedScale |= _channel.TextureManager.SetRenderTargetColor(index, null);
+                    changedScale |= _channel.TextureManager.SetRenderTargetColor(index, null, rtModifiable);
 
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -503,7 +506,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
                     samplesInY,
                     sizeHint);
 
-                changedScale |= _channel.TextureManager.SetRenderTargetColor(index, color);
+                changedScale |= _channel.TextureManager.SetRenderTargetColor(index, color, rtModifiable);
 
                 if (color != null)
                 {
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
                 }
             }
 
-            changedScale |= _channel.TextureManager.SetRenderTargetDepthStencil(depthStencil);
+            changedScale |= _channel.TextureManager.SetRenderTargetDepthStencil(depthStencil, rtModifiable);
 
             if (changedScale)
             {
@@ -1466,20 +1469,38 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Engine.Threed
                 _currentProgramInfo[stageIndex] = info;
             }
 
-            if (gs.Shaders[5]?.Info.UsesFragCoord == true)
-            {
-                // Make sure we update the viewport size on the support buffer if it will be consumed on the new shader.
+            _fsReadsFragCoord = false;
 
-                if (!_fsReadsFragCoord && _state.State.YControl.HasFlag(YControl.NegateY))
+            ShaderProgramInfo fragmentShaderInfo = gs.Shaders[5]?.Info;
+
+            if (fragmentShaderInfo != null)
+            {
+                if (fragmentShaderInfo.UsesFragCoord)
                 {
-                    UpdateSupportBufferViewportSize();
+                    // Make sure we update the viewport size on the support buffer if it will be consumed on the new shader.
+
+                    if (!_fsReadsFragCoord && _state.State.YControl.HasFlag(YControl.NegateY))
+                    {
+                        UpdateSupportBufferViewportSize();
+                    }
+
+                    _fsReadsFragCoord = true;
                 }
 
-                _fsReadsFragCoord = true;
+                if (_fsAlwaysDiscards != fragmentShaderInfo.HasUnconditionalDiscard)
+                {
+                    _fsAlwaysDiscards = fragmentShaderInfo.HasUnconditionalDiscard;
+
+                    if (!_fsAlwaysDiscards)
+                    {
+                        _channel.TextureManager.RefreshModifiedTextures();
+                        _channel.TextureManager.SignalRenderTargetsModifiable();
+                    }
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                _fsReadsFragCoord = false;
+                _fsAlwaysDiscards = false;
             }
 
             if (gs.VertexAsCompute != null)
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs
index f1615b388b..2c78f560b0 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/Texture.cs
@@ -1430,11 +1430,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         /// <param name="bound">True if the texture has been bound, false if it has been unbound</param>
         public void SignalModifying(bool bound)
         {
-            if (bound)
-            {
-                _scaledSetScore = Math.Max(0, _scaledSetScore - 1);
-            }
-
             if (_modifiedStale || Group.HasCopyDependencies || Group.HasFlushBuffer)
             {
                 _modifiedStale = false;
@@ -1442,9 +1437,18 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             }
 
             _physicalMemory.TextureCache.Lift(this);
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Signals that a render target texture has been either bound or unbound.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="bound">True if the texture has been bound, false if it has been unbound</param>
+        public void SignalBindingChange(bool bound)
+        {
             if (bound)
             {
+                _scaledSetScore = Math.Max(0, _scaledSetScore - 1);
+
                 IncrementReferenceCount();
             }
             else
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureBindingsManager.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureBindingsManager.cs
index ef5d0deaad..55d948898b 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureBindingsManager.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureBindingsManager.cs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         {
             (TexturePool texturePool, SamplerPool samplerPool) = GetPools();
 
-            return (texturePool.Get(textureId), samplerPool.Get(samplerId));
+            return (texturePool?.Get(textureId), samplerPool?.Get(samplerId));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureManager.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureManager.cs
index 3bf0beefdb..db04155217 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureManager.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Image/TextureManager.cs
@@ -18,12 +18,39 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         private readonly TexturePoolCache _texturePoolCache;
         private readonly SamplerPoolCache _samplerPoolCache;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Bound render target texture modification report state.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Flags]
+        private enum BindState : byte
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Render target texture has not been signalled for modification, and can't be modified on the next render operations.
+            /// </summary>
+            None = 0,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Render target texture has been signalled for modification.
+            /// </summary>
+            Bound = 1 << 0,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Render target texture might be modified on the next render operations.
+            /// </summary>
+            Modified = 1 << 1,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Render target texture has been signalled for modification and might be modified on the next render operations.
+            /// </summary>
+            BoundModified = Bound | Modified,
+        }
+
         private readonly Texture[] _rtColors;
         private readonly ITexture[] _rtHostColors;
-        private readonly bool[] _rtColorsBound;
+        private readonly BindState[] _rtColorsBound;
         private Texture _rtDepthStencil;
         private ITexture _rtHostDs;
-        private bool _rtDsBound;
+        private BindState _rtDsBound;
 
         public int ClipRegionWidth { get; private set; }
         public int ClipRegionHeight { get; private set; }
@@ -53,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
 
             _rtColors = new Texture[Constants.TotalRenderTargets];
             _rtHostColors = new ITexture[Constants.TotalRenderTargets];
-            _rtColorsBound = new bool[Constants.TotalRenderTargets];
+            _rtColorsBound = new BindState[Constants.TotalRenderTargets];
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -149,27 +176,39 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="index">The index of the color buffer to set (up to 8)</param>
         /// <param name="color">The color buffer texture</param>
+        /// <param name="modified">Indicates if the following render operations will modidify <paramref name="color"/> contents</param>
         /// <returns>True if render target scale must be updated.</returns>
-        public bool SetRenderTargetColor(int index, Texture color)
+        public bool SetRenderTargetColor(int index, Texture color, bool modified)
         {
             bool hasValue = color != null;
             bool changesScale = (hasValue != (_rtColors[index] != null)) || (hasValue && RenderTargetScale != color.ScaleFactor);
 
             if (_rtColors[index] != color)
             {
-                if (_rtColorsBound[index])
+                Texture oldColor = _rtColors[index];
+
+                if (oldColor != null)
                 {
-                    _rtColors[index]?.SignalModifying(false);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    _rtColorsBound[index] = true;
+                    if (_rtColorsBound[index].HasFlag(BindState.Bound))
+                    {
+                        oldColor.SignalModifying(false);
+                    }
+
+                    oldColor.SignalBindingChange(false);
                 }
 
+                _rtColorsBound[index] = modified ? BindState.BoundModified : BindState.None;
+
                 if (color != null)
                 {
                     color.SynchronizeMemory();
-                    color.SignalModifying(true);
+
+                    if (modified)
+                    {
+                        color.SignalModifying(true);
+                    }
+
+                    color.SignalBindingChange(true);
                 }
 
                 _rtColors[index] = color;
@@ -182,27 +221,39 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         /// Sets the render target depth-stencil buffer.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="depthStencil">The depth-stencil buffer texture</param>
+        /// <param name="modified">Indicates if the following render operations will modidify <paramref name="depthStencil"/> contents</param>
         /// <returns>True if render target scale must be updated.</returns>
-        public bool SetRenderTargetDepthStencil(Texture depthStencil)
+        public bool SetRenderTargetDepthStencil(Texture depthStencil, bool modified)
         {
             bool hasValue = depthStencil != null;
             bool changesScale = (hasValue != (_rtDepthStencil != null)) || (hasValue && RenderTargetScale != depthStencil.ScaleFactor);
 
             if (_rtDepthStencil != depthStencil)
             {
-                if (_rtDsBound)
+                Texture oldDepthStencil = _rtDepthStencil;
+
+                if (oldDepthStencil != null)
                 {
-                    _rtDepthStencil?.SignalModifying(false);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    _rtDsBound = true;
+                    if (_rtDsBound.HasFlag(BindState.Bound))
+                    {
+                        oldDepthStencil.SignalModifying(false);
+                    }
+
+                    oldDepthStencil.SignalBindingChange(false);
                 }
 
+                _rtDsBound = modified ? BindState.BoundModified : BindState.None;
+
                 if (depthStencil != null)
                 {
                     depthStencil.SynchronizeMemory();
-                    depthStencil.SignalModifying(true);
+
+                    if (modified)
+                    {
+                        depthStencil.SignalModifying(true);
+                    }
+
+                    depthStencil.SignalBindingChange(true);
                 }
 
                 _rtDepthStencil = depthStencil;
@@ -437,10 +488,10 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
             {
                 hostDsTexture = dsTexture.HostTexture;
 
-                if (!_rtDsBound)
+                if (_rtDsBound == BindState.Modified)
                 {
                     dsTexture.SignalModifying(true);
-                    _rtDsBound = true;
+                    _rtDsBound |= BindState.Bound;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -459,10 +510,10 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
                 {
                     hostTexture = texture.HostTexture;
 
-                    if (!_rtColorsBound[index])
+                    if (_rtColorsBound[index] == BindState.Modified)
                     {
                         texture.SignalModifying(true);
-                        _rtColorsBound[index] = true;
+                        _rtColorsBound[index] |= BindState.Bound;
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -500,24 +551,37 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
         {
             Texture dsTexture = _rtDepthStencil;
 
-            if (dsTexture != null && _rtDsBound)
+            if (dsTexture != null && _rtDsBound.HasFlag(BindState.Bound))
             {
                 dsTexture.SignalModifying(false);
-                _rtDsBound = false;
+                _rtDsBound &= ~BindState.Bound;
             }
 
             for (int index = 0; index < _rtColors.Length; index++)
             {
                 Texture texture = _rtColors[index];
 
-                if (texture != null && _rtColorsBound[index])
+                if (texture != null && _rtColorsBound[index].HasFlag(BindState.Bound))
                 {
                     texture.SignalModifying(false);
-                    _rtColorsBound[index] = false;
+                    _rtColorsBound[index] &= ~BindState.Bound;
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates that the currently bound render targets might be modified, if they are used on the next render operation.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void SignalRenderTargetsModifiable()
+        {
+            _rtDsBound |= BindState.Modified;
+
+            for (int index = 0; index < _rtColorsBound.Length; index++)
+            {
+                _rtColorsBound[index] |= BindState.Modified;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Forces the texture and sampler pools to be re-loaded from the cache on next use.
         /// </summary>
@@ -554,19 +618,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Image
 
             for (int i = 0; i < _rtColors.Length; i++)
             {
-                if (_rtColorsBound[i])
-                {
-                    _rtColors[i]?.DecrementReferenceCount();
-                }
-
+                _rtColors[i]?.DecrementReferenceCount();
                 _rtColors[i] = null;
             }
 
-            if (_rtDsBound)
-            {
-                _rtDepthStencil?.DecrementReferenceCount();
-            }
-
+            _rtDepthStencil?.DecrementReferenceCount();
             _rtDepthStencil = null;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/DiskCacheHostStorage.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/DiskCacheHostStorage.cs
index c5763b0258..ceb88a259a 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/DiskCacheHostStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/DiskCacheHostStorage.cs
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Shader.DiskCache
             /// </summary>
             public bool UsesRtLayer;
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Indicates that the fragment shader always discards the fragment, not producing any output for the bound render targets.
+            /// </summary>
+            public bool HasUnconditionalDiscard;
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Bit mask with the clip distances written on the vertex stage.
             /// </summary>
@@ -806,6 +811,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Shader.DiskCache
                 dataInfo.UsesInstanceId,
                 dataInfo.UsesDrawParameters,
                 dataInfo.UsesRtLayer,
+                dataInfo.HasUnconditionalDiscard,
                 dataInfo.ClipDistancesWritten,
                 dataInfo.FragmentOutputMap);
         }
@@ -836,6 +842,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Shader.DiskCache
                 UsesInstanceId = info.UsesInstanceId,
                 UsesDrawParameters = info.UsesDrawParameters,
                 UsesRtLayer = info.UsesRtLayer,
+                HasUnconditionalDiscard = info.HasUnconditionalDiscard,
                 ClipDistancesWritten = info.ClipDistancesWritten,
                 FragmentOutputMap = info.FragmentOutputMap,
             };
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/IntermediateRepresentation/BasicBlock.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/IntermediateRepresentation/BasicBlock.cs
index 637e120e1c..4158face90 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/IntermediateRepresentation/BasicBlock.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/IntermediateRepresentation/BasicBlock.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader.IntermediateRepresentation
             set => _branch = AddSuccessor(_branch, value);
         }
 
+        public bool HasSuccessor => _branch != null || _next != null;
         public bool HasBranch => _branch != null;
         public bool Reachable => Index == 0 || Predecessors.Count != 0;
 
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/ShaderProgramInfo.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/ShaderProgramInfo.cs
index 22823ac38e..1bb9ea06a4 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/ShaderProgramInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/ShaderProgramInfo.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader
         public bool UsesInstanceId { get; }
         public bool UsesDrawParameters { get; }
         public bool UsesRtLayer { get; }
+        public bool HasUnconditionalDiscard { get; }
         public byte ClipDistancesWritten { get; }
         public int FragmentOutputMap { get; }
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader
             bool usesInstanceId,
             bool usesDrawParameters,
             bool usesRtLayer,
+            bool hasUnconditionalDiscard,
             byte clipDistancesWritten,
             int fragmentOutputMap)
         {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader
             UsesInstanceId = usesInstanceId;
             UsesDrawParameters = usesDrawParameters;
             UsesRtLayer = usesRtLayer;
+            HasUnconditionalDiscard = hasUnconditionalDiscard;
             ClipDistancesWritten = clipDistancesWritten;
             FragmentOutputMap = fragmentOutputMap;
         }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureFlags.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureFlags.cs
index 82a54db835..ad9bdcb1e4 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureFlags.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureFlags.cs
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader.Translation
         SharedMemory = 1 << 11,
         Store = 1 << 12,
         VtgAsCompute = 1 << 13,
+        UnconditionalDiscard = 1 << 14,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureIdentification.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureIdentification.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82d7e0b019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/FeatureIdentification.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader.IntermediateRepresentation;
+
+namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader.Translation
+{
+    static class FeatureIdentification
+    {
+        public static void RunPass(BasicBlock[] blocks, ShaderStage stage, ref FeatureFlags usedFeatures)
+        {
+            if (stage == ShaderStage.Fragment)
+            {
+                bool endsWithDiscardOnly = true;
+
+                for (int blockIndex = 0; blockIndex < blocks.Length; blockIndex++)
+                {
+                    BasicBlock block = blocks[blockIndex];
+
+                    if (block.HasSuccessor)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (block.Operations.Count == 0 ||
+                        block.Operations.Last.Value is not Operation operation ||
+                        operation.Inst != Instruction.Discard)
+                    {
+                        endsWithDiscardOnly = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (endsWithDiscardOnly)
+                {
+                    usedFeatures |= FeatureFlags.UnconditionalDiscard;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/TranslatorContext.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/TranslatorContext.cs
index a193ab3c4d..7a37365025 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/TranslatorContext.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader/Translation/TranslatorContext.cs
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader.Translation
 
                     Optimizer.RunPass(context);
                     TransformPasses.RunPass(context);
+
+                    if (i == 0)
+                    {
+                        FeatureIdentification.RunPass(cfg.Blocks, Definitions.Stage, ref usedFeatures);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 funcs[i] = new Function(cfg.Blocks, $"fun{i}", false, inArgumentsCount, outArgumentsCount);
@@ -352,6 +357,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Shader.Translation
                 usedFeatures.HasFlag(FeatureFlags.InstanceId),
                 usedFeatures.HasFlag(FeatureFlags.DrawParameters),
                 usedFeatures.HasFlag(FeatureFlags.RtLayer),
+                usedFeatures.HasFlag(FeatureFlags.UnconditionalDiscard),
                 clipDistancesWritten,
                 originalDefinitions.OmapTargets);