diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/include/ShaderResources.hpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/include/ShaderResources.hpp
index bc9e027e54..4d344e61fe 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/include/ShaderResources.hpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/include/ShaderResources.hpp
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ std::uint64_t SampledTextureBudget(const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties& memor
 bool SampledBudgetReportDue(std::uint64_t reported, std::uint64_t budget, std::chrono::steady_clock::duration sinceReport);
 std::optional<std::uint32_t> LargestDeviceLocalHeap(const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties& memory);
 std::uint64_t StorageTextureCacheBudget(const Context& context);
+inline constexpr std::uint64_t SpareSnapshotPresents = 16;
 struct TextureCacheUse {
     std::size_t sampledEntries = 0;
+    std::size_t spareEntries = 0;
     std::uint64_t sampledBytes = 0;
+    std::uint64_t spareBytes = 0;
     std::uint64_t storageBytes = 0;
 };
 TextureCacheUse TextureCacheUsage();
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/DccMetadata.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/DccMetadata.cpp
index 498e656ce0..963da7f4ef 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/DccMetadata.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/DccMetadata.cpp
@@ -665,7 +665,10 @@ bool FillDccClear(VkFormat format, DccKeys keys, bool alphaOnMsb, std::span<std:
         return true;
     }
     Layout layout{};
-    if (!IsDccClear(keys) || keys == DccKeys::ClearRegister || !LayoutFor(format, layout)) return false;
+    if (!IsDccClear(keys) || keys == DccKeys::ClearRegister || !LayoutFor(format, layout)) {
+        std::fill(bytes.begin(), bytes.end(), std::byte{0});
+        return false;
+    }
     const bool color = keys == DccKeys::Clear1110 || keys == DccKeys::Clear1111;
     const bool alpha = keys == DccKeys::Clear0001 || keys == DccKeys::Clear1111;
     const int alphaChannel = layout.channels == 3 ? -1 : alphaOnMsb ? static_cast<int>(layout.channels) - 1 : 0;
@@ -680,7 +683,9 @@ bool FillDccClear(VkFormat format, DccKeys keys, bool alphaOnMsb, std::span<std:
             if (((value >> i) & 1u) != 0) element[bit / 8u] |= static_cast<std::byte>(1u << (bit % 8u));
         }
     }
-    for (std::size_t offset = 0; offset + element.size() <= bytes.size(); offset += element.size()) std::memcpy(bytes.data() + offset, element.data(), element.size());
+    std::size_t offset = 0;
+    for (; offset + element.size() <= bytes.size(); offset += element.size()) std::memcpy(bytes.data() + offset, element.data(), element.size());
+    std::fill(bytes.begin() + offset, bytes.end(), std::byte{0});
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/ShaderResources.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/ShaderResources.cpp
index 9d2ba12f9c..18175ba0aa 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/ShaderResources.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/ShaderResources.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ struct TextureCache {
     std::list<CachedTexture> entries;
     std::unordered_map<TextureKey, std::list<CachedTexture>::iterator, TextureKeyHash> index;
     std::unordered_multimap<const StorageTexture*, std::list<CachedTexture>::iterator> views;
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::byte>, std::uint64_t>> spare;
+    std::uint64_t spareBytes = 0;
     std::uint64_t bytes = 0;
     std::size_t passed = 0;
     std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point passedSince{};
@@ -260,6 +262,39 @@ void touchTexture(TextureCache& cache, std::list<CachedTexture>::iterator it) {
     it->present = Recorder::Presents();
 }
 
+constexpr std::uint64_t SpareSnapshotBytes = 256ull << 20;
+
+void parkSnapshot(TextureCache& cache, std::vector<std::byte>& bytes) {
+    const auto size = bytes.size();
+    if (size == 0) return;
+    const auto present = Recorder::Presents();
+    while (!cache.spare.empty() && (present - cache.spare.front().second > SpareSnapshotPresents || cache.spareBytes + size > SpareSnapshotBytes)) {
+        cache.spareBytes -= cache.spare.front().first.size();
+        cache.spare.erase(cache.spare.begin());
+    }
+    if (cache.spareBytes + size <= SpareSnapshotBytes) {
+        cache.spareBytes += size;
+        cache.spare.emplace_back(std::move(bytes), present);
+    }
+    bytes = std::vector<std::byte>{};
+}
+
+std::vector<std::byte> spareSnapshot(TextureCache& cache, std::size_t bytes) {
+    const auto present = Recorder::Presents();
+    while (!cache.spare.empty() && present - cache.spare.front().second > SpareSnapshotPresents) {
+        cache.spareBytes -= cache.spare.front().first.size();
+        cache.spare.erase(cache.spare.begin());
+    }
+    for (auto spare = cache.spare.begin(); spare != cache.spare.end(); ++spare) {
+        if (spare->first.size() != bytes) continue;
+        cache.spareBytes -= bytes;
+        std::vector<std::byte> taken = std::move(spare->first);
+        cache.spare.erase(spare);
+        return taken;
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
 bool admitTexture(TextureCache& cache, const TextureKey& key, std::uint64_t incoming, std::uint64_t budget) {
     if (cache.bytes + incoming <= budget) return true;
     if (const auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now(); now - cache.passedSince >= std::chrono::seconds(1)) {
@@ -859,6 +894,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Texture> cachedTexture(const Context& context, std::span<const s
     std::lock_guard lock(cache.mutex);
     const CacheHold held(sampledCacheHeld);
     dropUncachedViews(cache);
+    std::vector<std::byte> recycled;
     if (auto it = findTexture(cache, key); it != cache.entries.end()) {
         if (it->source != nullptr) {
             // The view follows the storage image, whatever the GPU wrote to it since; guest memory
@@ -905,10 +941,14 @@ std::shared_ptr<Texture> cachedTexture(const Context& context, std::span<const s
                 return it->texture;
             }
         }
+        if (it->bytes.size() == bytes) recycled = std::move(it->bytes);
+        else parkSnapshot(cache, it->bytes);
         eraseTexture(cache, it);
         ++cache.counts.stale;
     }
-    CachedTexture entry{key, address, std::vector<std::byte>(source != nullptr ? 0u : bytes), nullptr, *keys, snapshotGeneration};
+    if (source != nullptr) parkSnapshot(cache, recycled);
+    else if (recycled.empty()) recycled = spareSnapshot(cache, bytes);
+    CachedTexture entry{key, address, source != nullptr ? std::vector<std::byte>{} : (recycled.empty() ? std::vector<std::byte>(bytes) : std::move(recycled)), nullptr, *keys, snapshotGeneration};
     entry.committed = std::move(committed);
     entry.surfaceBytes = bytes;
     const auto createTexture = [&](auto&&... args) {
@@ -950,7 +990,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Texture> cachedTexture(const Context& context, std::span<const s
         entry.texture = createTexture(*context.detiler, resource, components, entry.bytes, depthCompare);
         entry.accounted = entry.texture->AllocationBytes();
         constexpr std::size_t SnapshotCompareBytes = 256u << 10u;
-        if (entry.bytes.size() > SnapshotCompareBytes && (entry.generation != 0 || entry.untracked[0] != 0)) std::vector<std::byte>().swap(entry.bytes);
+        if (entry.bytes.size() > SnapshotCompareBytes && (entry.generation != 0 || entry.untracked[0] != 0)) parkSnapshot(cache, entry.bytes);
         counters.snapshots.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
     const auto budget = sampledBudget(context, cache);
@@ -1266,6 +1306,8 @@ TextureCacheUse TextureCacheUsage() {
         dropUncachedViews(sampled);
         use.sampledEntries = sampled.entries.size();
         use.sampledBytes = sampled.bytes;
+        use.spareEntries = sampled.spare.size();
+        use.spareBytes = sampled.spareBytes;
     }
     use.storageBytes = storageCacheBytes();
     return use;
@@ -1311,6 +1353,8 @@ void ClearCachedTextures(VkDevice device) {
             if (it->key.device == device) eraseTexture(sampled, it++);
             else ++it;
         }
+        sampled.spare.clear();
+        sampled.spareBytes = 0;
     }
     auto& storage = StorageTextures();
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<StorageTexture>> cleared;
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/TextureFormat.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/TextureFormat.cpp
index 9feb514924..432b63c073 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/TextureFormat.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/TextureFormat.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,22 @@ void packedFloatDccClearTests() {
     Require(TextureClearKeys(resource, 1024) == DccKeys::Clear1111, "packed float texture discarded its white fast-clear keys");
 }
 
+void fillContractTests() {
+    std::array<std::uint32_t, 4> texels;
+    texels.fill(0xdeadbeefu);
+    auto span = std::as_writable_bytes(std::span(texels));
+    Require(!FillDccClear(VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, DccKeys::ClearRegister, false, span), "a register clear encoded a texel");
+    for (const auto texel : texels) Require(texel == 0u, "a declined clear left its span untouched");
+    texels.fill(0xdeadbeefu);
+    Require(!FillDccClear(VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, DccKeys::Uncompressed, false, span), "an uncompressed code encoded a texel");
+    for (const auto texel : texels) Require(texel == 0u, "a declined clear left its span untouched");
+    std::array<std::byte, 10> partial;
+    partial.fill(std::byte{0x5a});
+    Require(FillDccClear(VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32, DccKeys::Clear1111, false, partial), "packed float fast clear was not encoded");
+    const std::array<std::byte, 4> white{std::byte{0xc0}, std::byte{0x03}, std::byte{0x1e}, std::byte{0x78}};
+    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < partial.size(); ++index) Require(partial[index] == (index < 8u ? white[index % 4u] : std::byte{0}), "a clear fill over a partial trailing element did not zero the tail");
+}
+
 }
 
 void RunTextureFormatTests() {
@@ -287,5 +303,6 @@ void RunTextureFormatTests() {
     convertedDccClearTests();
     singleDccKeysTests();
     packedFloatDccClearTests();
+    fillContractTests();
     gcnBufferFormatTests();
 }
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/execution/SampledCacheBudget.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/execution/SampledCacheBudget.cpp
index 6c414d6cda..10ccf51718 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/execution/SampledCacheBudget.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/execution/SampledCacheBudget.cpp
@@ -283,38 +283,38 @@ private:
 
 class WatchedSurface {
 public:
-    explicit WatchedSurface(const Context& context) : context(context) {
+    explicit WatchedSurface(const Context& context, std::size_t bytes = SurfaceBytes) : context(context), span(bytes) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        memory = static_cast<std::uint8_t*>(GuestArena::GuestArenaAllocate_nid_postfix(SurfaceBytes, 65536));
-        if (memory != nullptr) GuestArena::GuestArenaCommit_nid_postfix(memory, SurfaceBytes, PAGE_READWRITE, SurfaceBytes);
+        memory = static_cast<std::uint8_t*>(GuestArena::GuestArenaAllocate_nid_postfix(bytes, 65536));
+        if (memory != nullptr) GuestArena::GuestArenaCommit_nid_postfix(memory, bytes, PAGE_READWRITE, bytes);
 #else
         constexpr std::uintptr_t alignment = 65536;
-        void* mapped = mmap(nullptr, SurfaceBytes + alignment, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+        void* mapped = mmap(nullptr, bytes + alignment, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
         if (mapped != MAP_FAILED) {
             const auto begin = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(mapped);
             const auto aligned = (begin + alignment - 1) & ~(alignment - 1);
             if (aligned != begin) munmap(mapped, aligned - begin);
-            if (aligned + SurfaceBytes != begin + SurfaceBytes + alignment) munmap(reinterpret_cast<void*>(aligned + SurfaceBytes), begin + alignment - aligned);
+            if (aligned + bytes != begin + bytes + alignment) munmap(reinterpret_cast<void*>(aligned + bytes), begin + alignment - aligned);
             memory = reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t*>(aligned);
-            GuestWriteWatch::GuestWriteWatchRegister_nid_postfix(memory, SurfaceBytes);
+            GuestWriteWatch::GuestWriteWatchRegister_nid_postfix(memory, bytes);
         }
 #endif
         Require(memory != nullptr, "cannot allocate the watched surface");
-        Require(AgcDriver::GuestMemory::Watched(Address(), SurfaceBytes), "the watched surface is not write-watched");
-        std::memset(memory, 0x5a, SurfaceBytes);
-        GuestAllocations::Mutation().Add(memory, SurfaceBytes, true, true, true);
-        AgcDriver::GuestMemory::CollectWritesUncached(Address(), SurfaceBytes);
+        Require(AgcDriver::GuestMemory::Watched(Address(), bytes), "the watched surface is not write-watched");
+        std::memset(memory, 0x5a, bytes);
+        GuestAllocations::Mutation().Add(memory, bytes, true, true, true);
+        AgcDriver::GuestMemory::CollectWritesUncached(Address(), bytes);
     }
 
     ~WatchedSurface() {
         ClearCachedTextures(context.device);
         GuestAllocations::Mutation().Remove(memory);
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        GuestArena::GuestArenaReset_nid_postfix(memory, SurfaceBytes);
-        GuestArena::GuestArenaRelease_nid_postfix(memory, SurfaceBytes);
+        GuestArena::GuestArenaReset_nid_postfix(memory, span);
+        GuestArena::GuestArenaRelease_nid_postfix(memory, span);
 #else
-        munmap(memory, SurfaceBytes);
-        GuestWriteWatch::GuestWriteWatchUnregister_nid_postfix(memory, SurfaceBytes);
+        munmap(memory, span);
+        GuestWriteWatch::GuestWriteWatchUnregister_nid_postfix(memory, span);
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     const Context& context;
+    std::size_t span = 0;
     std::uint8_t* memory = nullptr;
 };
 
@@ -674,6 +675,55 @@ void snapshotTests(const Context& context) {
     Require(TextureCacheUsage().sampledBytes == tiny->AllocationBytes(), "a snapshot whose " + std::to_string(tiny->AllocationBytes()) + "-byte image is smaller than its " + std::to_string(guestBytes) + " guest bytes counted " + std::to_string(TextureCacheUsage().sampledBytes) + " bytes, not its allocation");
 }
 
+void recycleTests(const Context& context) {
+    Block block(context);
+    ClearCachedTextures(context.device);
+    const auto address = block.Surface(0);
+    std::memset(reinterpret_cast<void*>(address), 0xa1, SurfaceBytes);
+    const auto first = Sampled(context, address);
+    Require(Sampled(context, address) == first, "an unchanged surface did not serve its snapshot");
+    std::memset(reinterpret_cast<void*>(address), 0xb2, SurfaceBytes);
+    const auto second = Sampled(context, address);
+    Require(second != first, "a changed surface did not replace its snapshot");
+    std::memset(reinterpret_cast<void*>(address), 0xa1, SurfaceBytes);
+    const auto third = Sampled(context, address);
+    Require(third != second, "the replaced snapshot's size-equal buffer was not reread from guest memory");
+    Require(Sampled(context, address) == third, "an unchanged surface did not serve its remade snapshot");
+    constexpr std::uint32_t BigSide = Side * 2;
+    constexpr std::size_t BigBytes = std::size_t{BigSide} * BigSide * 4u;
+    const WatchedSurface watchedFirst(context, BigBytes);
+    const WatchedSurface watchedSecond(context, BigBytes);
+    const auto bigFirst = Sampled(context, watchedFirst.Address(), BigSide);
+    Require(TextureCacheUsage().spareEntries == 1 && TextureCacheUsage().spareBytes == BigBytes, "the first big snapshot did not park its dropped " + std::to_string(BigBytes) + "-byte buffer in the spare pool");
+    const auto bigSecond = Sampled(context, watchedSecond.Address(), BigSide);
+    Require(TextureCacheUsage().spareEntries == 1 && TextureCacheUsage().spareBytes == BigBytes, "the second big snapshot did not take the parked spare of its size");
+}
+
+void spareAgeTests(const Context& context) {
+    Block block(context);
+    ClearCachedTextures(context.device);
+    constexpr std::uint32_t BigSide = Side * 2;
+    constexpr std::size_t BigBytes = std::size_t{BigSide} * BigSide * 4u;
+    {
+        const WatchedSurface watched(context, BigBytes);
+        const auto first = Sampled(context, watched.Address(), BigSide);
+        Require(TextureCacheUsage().spareEntries == 1 && TextureCacheUsage().spareBytes == BigBytes, "the big snapshot did not park its dropped buffer in the spare pool");
+        for (std::uint64_t present = 0; present <= SpareSnapshotPresents; ++present) Recorder::CountPresent();
+        const auto small = Sampled(context, block.Surface(0));
+        Require(TextureCacheUsage().spareEntries == 0 && TextureCacheUsage().spareBytes == 0, "a spare idle for " + std::to_string(SpareSnapshotPresents + 1u) + " presents was not released");
+    }
+    ClearCachedTextures(context.device);
+    {
+        const WatchedSurface watchedFirst(context, BigBytes);
+        const WatchedSurface watchedSecond(context, BigBytes);
+        const auto second = Sampled(context, watchedFirst.Address(), BigSide);
+        Require(TextureCacheUsage().spareEntries == 1 && TextureCacheUsage().spareBytes == BigBytes, "the second big snapshot did not park its dropped buffer in the spare pool");
+        for (std::uint64_t present = 0; present < SpareSnapshotPresents; ++present) Recorder::CountPresent();
+        const auto third = Sampled(context, watchedSecond.Address(), BigSide);
+        Require(TextureCacheUsage().spareEntries == 1 && TextureCacheUsage().spareBytes == BigBytes, "a spare taken within " + std::to_string(SpareSnapshotPresents) + " presents was released instead of reused");
+    }
+}
+
 void heldTests(const Context& context) {
     Block block(context);
     auto held = Sampled(context, block.Surface(0));
@@ -1204,6 +1254,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
             std::lock_guard gpu(AgcDriver::GuestMemory::GpuMutex());
             reportedBudgetTests(context);
             snapshotTests(context);
+            recycleTests(context);
             heldTests(context);
             releasedTests(context);
             rescanTests(context);
@@ -1215,6 +1266,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
             secondUseTests(context);
             earlyMissTests(context);
             collidingKeyTests(context);
+            spareAgeTests(context);
             ClearCachedTextures(context.device);
         }
         std::puts("sampled texture cache budget tests passed");