diff --git a/Common/GPU/D3D11/thin3d_d3d11.cpp b/Common/GPU/D3D11/thin3d_d3d11.cpp
index 443367b1aa..378829f578 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/D3D11/thin3d_d3d11.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/D3D11/thin3d_d3d11.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ public:
 		stencilDirty_ = true;
 	}
 
-	void EndFrame() override;
 
 	void Draw(int vertexCount, int offset) override;
 	void DrawIndexed(int vertexCount, int offset) override;
@@ -139,6 +138,9 @@ public:
 	void Clear(int mask, uint32_t colorval, float depthVal, int stencilVal) override;
 
 	void BeginFrame() override;
+	void EndFrame() override;
+
+	int GetFrameCount() override { return frameCount_; }
 
 	std::string GetInfoString(InfoField info) const override {
 		switch (info) {
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ private:
 	int nextIndexBufferOffset_ = 0;
 
 	InvalidationCallback invalidationCallback_;
+	int frameCount_ = 0;
 
 	// Dynamic state
 	float blendFactor_[4]{};
@@ -423,6 +426,7 @@ void D3D11DrawContext::HandleEvent(Event ev, int width, int height, void *param1
 
 void D3D11DrawContext::EndFrame() {
 	curPipeline_ = nullptr;
+	frameCount_++;
 }
 
 void D3D11DrawContext::SetViewport(const Viewport &viewport) {
diff --git a/Common/GPU/D3D9/thin3d_d3d9.cpp b/Common/GPU/D3D9/thin3d_d3d9.cpp
index 5389eac6fe..a05057d8a1 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/D3D9/thin3d_d3d9.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/D3D9/thin3d_d3d9.cpp
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	void EndFrame() override;
+	int GetFrameCount() override { return frameCount_; }
 
 	void UpdateDynamicUniformBuffer(const void *ub, size_t size) override;
 
@@ -640,6 +641,7 @@ private:
 	D3DCAPS9 d3dCaps_;
 	char shadeLangVersion_[64]{};
 	DeviceCaps caps_{};
+	int frameCount_ = 0;
 
 	// Bound state
 	AutoRef<D3D9Pipeline> curPipeline_;
@@ -964,6 +966,7 @@ void D3D9Context::BindNativeTexture(int index, void *nativeTexture) {
 
 void D3D9Context::EndFrame() {
 	curPipeline_ = nullptr;
+	frameCount_++;
 }
 
 static void SemanticToD3D9UsageAndIndex(int semantic, BYTE *usage, BYTE *index) {
diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/thin3d_gl.cpp b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/thin3d_gl.cpp
index 3f29d54207..2b39a83f22 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/thin3d_gl.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/thin3d_gl.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ public:
 	void BeginFrame() override;
 	void EndFrame() override;
 
+	int GetFrameCount() override {
+		return frameCount_;
+	}
+
 	void UpdateBuffer(Buffer *buffer, const uint8_t *data, size_t offset, size_t size, UpdateBufferFlags flags) override;
 	void UpdateTextureLevels(Texture *texture, const uint8_t **data, TextureCallback initDataCallback, int numLevels) override;
 
@@ -492,6 +496,7 @@ private:
 	void ApplySamplers();
 
 	GLRenderManager renderManager_;
+	int frameCount_ = 0;
 
 	DeviceCaps caps_{};
 
@@ -795,6 +800,7 @@ void OpenGLContext::EndFrame() {
 	renderManager_.Finish();
 
 	Invalidate(InvalidationFlags::CACHED_RENDER_STATE);
+	frameCount_++;
 }
 
 void OpenGLContext::Invalidate(InvalidationFlags flags) {
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanDebug.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanDebug.cpp
index e5a045e05b..b91e0bb9bb 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanDebug.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanDebug.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL VulkanDebugUtilsCallback(
 		return false;
 	case 1303270965:
 		// Benign perf warning, image blit using GENERAL layout.
-		// UNASSIGNED
-		if (messageSeverity & VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_BIT_EXT)
+		// TODO: Oops, turns out we filtered out a bit too much here!
+		// We really need that performance flag check to sort out the stuff that matters.
+		// Will enable it soon, but it'll take some fixing.
+		//
+		//if (messageSeverity & VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_BIT_EXT)
 			return false;
 		break;
 
@@ -79,6 +82,14 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL VulkanDebugUtilsCallback(
 		// Extended validation (ARM best practices)
 		// Non-fifo validation not recommended
 		return false;
+	case -564812795:
+	case 369680064:
+	case 307231540:
+	case 618171435:  // SHADER_ACCESS_READ
+	case 1774732925: // same but different
+	case -1539028524: // image layout in draw
+		// wip
+		return false;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/thin3d_vulkan.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/thin3d_vulkan.cpp
index e535a10a99..f33e34ec06 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/thin3d_vulkan.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/thin3d_vulkan.cpp
@@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ public:
 	void EndFrame() override;
 	void WipeQueue() override;
 
+	int GetFrameCount() override {
+		return frameCount_;
+	}
+
 	void FlushState() override {}
 
 	void ResetStats() override {
@@ -528,6 +532,7 @@ private:
 	VulkanTexture *GetNullTexture();
 	VulkanContext *vulkan_ = nullptr;
 
+	int frameCount_ = 0;
 	VulkanRenderManager renderManager_;
 
 	VulkanTexture *nullTexture_ = nullptr;
@@ -1105,6 +1110,8 @@ void VKContext::EndFrame() {
 
 	// Unbind stuff, to avoid accidentally relying on it across frames (and provide some protection against forgotten unbinds of deleted things).
 	Invalidate(InvalidationFlags::CACHED_RENDER_STATE);
+
+	frameCount_++;
 }
 
 void VKContext::Invalidate(InvalidationFlags flags) {
diff --git a/Common/GPU/thin3d.h b/Common/GPU/thin3d.h
index 77b5582479..b90e638117 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/thin3d.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/thin3d.h
@@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ public:
 	// Not very elegant, but more elegant than the old passId hack.
 	virtual void SetInvalidationCallback(InvalidationCallback callback) = 0;
 
+	// Total amount of frames rendered. Unaffected by game pause, so more robust than gpuStats.numFlips
+	virtual int GetFrameCount() = 0;
+	virtual int GetFramesInFlight() { return 3; }
+
 protected:
 	ShaderModule *vsPresets_[VS_MAX_PRESET];
 	ShaderModule *fsPresets_[FS_MAX_PRESET];
diff --git a/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp
index 914d6780f8..1e1fa344a5 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp
@@ -1402,16 +1402,19 @@ Draw::Texture *FramebufferManagerCommon::MakePixelTexture(const u8 *srcPixels, G
 
 	Draw::DataFormat texFormat = srcPixelFormat == GE_FORMAT_DEPTH16 ? depthFormat : preferredPixelsFormat_;
 
+	int frameNumber = draw_->GetFrameCount();
+
 	// Look for a matching texture we can re-use.
 	for (auto &iter : drawPixelsCache_) {
-		if (iter.frameNumber > gpuStats.numFlips - 3 || iter.tex->Width() != width || iter.tex->Height() != height || iter.tex->Format() != texFormat) {
+		if (iter.frameNumber >= frameNumber - 3 || iter.tex->Width() != width || iter.tex->Height() != height || iter.tex->Format() != texFormat) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		// OK, current one seems good, let's use it (and mark it used).
 		gpuStats.numDrawPixels++;
 		draw_->UpdateTextureLevels(iter.tex, &srcPixels, generateTexture, 1);
-		iter.frameNumber = gpuStats.numFlips;
+		// NOTE: numFlips is no good - this is called every frame when paused sometimes!
+		iter.frameNumber = frameNumber;
 		return iter.tex;
 	}
 
@@ -1442,7 +1445,7 @@ Draw::Texture *FramebufferManagerCommon::MakePixelTexture(const u8 *srcPixels, G
 
 	INFO_LOG(G3D, "Creating drawPixelsCache texture: %dx%d", tex->Width(), tex->Height());
 
-	DrawPixelsEntry entry{ tex, gpuStats.numFlips };
+	DrawPixelsEntry entry{ tex, frameNumber };
 	drawPixelsCache_.push_back(entry);
 	return tex;
 }
@@ -1695,7 +1698,7 @@ void FramebufferManagerCommon::DecimateFBOs() {
 	// And DrawPixels cached textures.
 
 	for (auto it = drawPixelsCache_.begin(); it != drawPixelsCache_.end(); ) {
-		int age = gpuStats.numFlips - it->frameNumber;
+		int age = draw_->GetFrameCount() - it->frameNumber;
 		if (age > 10) {
 			INFO_LOG(G3D, "Releasing drawPixelsCache texture: %dx%d", it->tex->Width(), it->tex->Height());
 			it->tex->Release();