diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c34da8168..284592b06 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 yuzu emulator early access
 =============
 
-This is the source code for early-access 2595.
+This is the source code for early-access 2596.
 
 ## Legal Notice
 
diff --git a/src/core/memory.cpp b/src/core/memory.cpp
index 3fed51400..28d30eee2 100755
--- a/src/core/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/core/memory.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ struct Memory::Impl {
         }
 
         if (Settings::IsFastmemEnabled()) {
-            const bool is_read_enable = !Settings::IsGPULevelExtreme() || !cached;
+            const bool is_read_enable = Settings::IsGPULevelHigh() || !cached;
             system.DeviceMemory().buffer.Protect(vaddr, size, is_read_enable, !cached);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/shader_recompiler/frontend/ir/microinstruction.cpp b/src/shader_recompiler/frontend/ir/microinstruction.cpp
index 504ed0b2d..4a2564f47 100755
--- a/src/shader_recompiler/frontend/ir/microinstruction.cpp
+++ b/src/shader_recompiler/frontend/ir/microinstruction.cpp
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void Inst::AddPhiOperand(Block* predecessor, const Value& value) {
 }
 
 void Inst::ErasePhiOperand(size_t index) {
-    const auto operand_it{phi_args.begin() + static_cast<u32>(index)};
+    const auto operand_it{phi_args.begin() + static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(index)};
     phi_args.erase(operand_it);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_base.h b/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_base.h
index be2113f5a..10975884b 100755
--- a/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_base.h
+++ b/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_base.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public:
     void FlushCachedWrites() noexcept {
         flags &= ~BufferFlagBits::CachedWrites;
         const u64 num_words = NumWords();
-        const u64* const cached_words = Array<Type::CachedCPU>();
+        u64* const cached_words = Array<Type::CachedCPU>();
         u64* const untracked_words = Array<Type::Untracked>();
         u64* const cpu_words = Array<Type::CPU>();
         for (u64 word_index = 0; word_index < num_words; ++word_index) {
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ public:
             NotifyRasterizer<false>(word_index, untracked_words[word_index], cached_bits);
             untracked_words[word_index] |= cached_bits;
             cpu_words[word_index] |= cached_bits;
+            cached_words[word_index] = 0;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp b/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp
index 45bd96395..54a902f56 100755
--- a/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
-#include <algorithm>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <optional>
-
-#include "common/alignment.h"
 #include "common/assert.h"
-#include "common/settings.h"
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/core_timing.h"
 #include "video_core/dirty_flags.h"
@@ -30,7 +26,6 @@ Maxwell3D::Maxwell3D(Core::System& system_, MemoryManager& memory_manager_)
       upload_state{memory_manager, regs.upload} {
     dirty.flags.flip();
     InitializeRegisterDefaults();
-    accelerated_reads = Settings::IsFastmemEnabled();
 }
 
 Maxwell3D::~Maxwell3D() = default;
@@ -218,9 +213,6 @@ void Maxwell3D::ProcessMethodCall(u32 method, u32 argument, u32 nonshadow_argume
         regs.index_array.count = regs.small_index.count;
         regs.index_array.first = regs.small_index.first;
         dirty.flags[VideoCommon::Dirty::IndexBuffer] = true;
-        if (!Settings::IsGPULevelExtreme()) {
-            RecalculateVertexArrayLimit();
-        }
         return DrawArrays();
     case MAXWELL3D_REG_INDEX(topology_override):
         use_topology_override = true;
@@ -675,71 +667,4 @@ void Maxwell3D::ProcessClearBuffers() {
     rasterizer->Clear();
 }
 
-void Maxwell3D::RecalculateVertexArrayLimit() {
-    GPUVAddr start_address = regs.index_array.StartAddress();
-    auto& vn_state = vertex_num_approx_state;
-    if (start_address != vn_state.last_index_array_start ||
-        vn_state.current_min_index != regs.index_array.first) {
-        vn_state.last_index_array_start = start_address;
-        vn_state.current_max_index = regs.index_array.first;
-        vn_state.current_min_index = regs.index_array.first;
-        vn_state.current_num_vertices = 0;
-    }
-    const u32 index_count = regs.index_array.first + regs.index_array.count;
-    if (index_count <= vn_state.current_max_index) {
-        return;
-    }
-    const u32 max_base = std::max(regs.index_array.first, vn_state.current_max_index);
-    const u32 num_indices = index_count - max_base;
-    const size_t size_index = regs.index_array.FormatSizeInBytes();
-    const size_t expected_size = num_indices * size_index;
-    const size_t offset = max_base * size_index;
-
-    auto maybe_ptr = memory_manager.GpuToHostPointer(start_address + offset);
-    u8* ptr;
-    if (accelerated_reads && maybe_ptr) {
-        ptr = *maybe_ptr;
-    } else {
-        vn_state.index_buffer_cache.resize(Common::DivideUp(expected_size, sizeof(u32)));
-        ptr = reinterpret_cast<u8*>(vn_state.index_buffer_cache.data());
-        memory_manager.ReadBlockUnsafe(start_address + offset, ptr, expected_size);
-    }
-    vn_state.current_max_index = index_count;
-
-    u32 new_num_vertices{};
-    switch (regs.index_array.format) {
-    case Regs::IndexFormat::UnsignedByte: {
-        std::span<const u8> span{ptr, num_indices};
-        const auto max = std::max_element(span.begin(), span.end());
-        new_num_vertices = *max + 1;
-        break;
-    }
-    case Regs::IndexFormat::UnsignedShort: {
-        std::span<const u16> span{reinterpret_cast<const u16*>(ptr), num_indices};
-        const auto max = std::max_element(span.begin(), span.end());
-        new_num_vertices = *max + 1;
-        break;
-    }
-    case Regs::IndexFormat::UnsignedInt: {
-        std::span<const u32> span{reinterpret_cast<const u32*>(ptr), num_indices};
-        const auto max = std::max_element(span.begin(), span.end());
-        new_num_vertices = *max + 1;
-        break;
-    }
-    }
-    if (new_num_vertices > vn_state.current_num_vertices) {
-        vn_state.current_num_vertices = new_num_vertices;
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < Regs::NumVertexArrays; i++) {
-            if (!regs.vertex_array[i].enable) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            const u32 stride = regs.vertex_array[i].stride;
-            const GPUVAddr gpu_addr_begin = regs.vertex_array[i].StartAddress();
-            const GPUVAddr gpu_addr_end = gpu_addr_begin + new_num_vertices * stride - 1;
-            regs.vertex_array_limit[i].SetAddress(gpu_addr_end);
-            dirty.flags[VideoCommon::Dirty::VertexBuffer0 + i] = true;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 } // namespace Tegra::Engines
diff --git a/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h b/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h
index 4c4bbb1fe..3f5b38e55 100755
--- a/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h
+++ b/src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h
@@ -1348,12 +1348,6 @@ public:
                         return static_cast<GPUVAddr>((static_cast<GPUVAddr>(limit_high) << 32) |
                                                      limit_low);
                     }
-
-                    void SetAddress(GPUVAddr address) {
-                        limit_low = static_cast<u32>(address);
-                        limit_high = static_cast<u32>(address >> 32);
-                    }
-
                 } vertex_array_limit[NumVertexArrays];
 
                 struct {
@@ -1497,16 +1491,6 @@ public:
         Tables tables{};
     } dirty;
 
-    struct VertexNumApproxState {
-        GPUVAddr last_index_array_start;
-        u32 current_max_index;
-        u32 current_min_index;
-        u32 current_num_vertices;
-        std::vector<u32> index_buffer_cache;
-    } vertex_num_approx_state;
-
-    bool accelerated_reads{};
-
 private:
     void InitializeRegisterDefaults();
 
@@ -1575,8 +1559,6 @@ private:
     // Handles a instance drawcall from MME
     void StepInstance(MMEDrawMode expected_mode, u32 count);
 
-    void RecalculateVertexArrayLimit();
-
     /// Returns a query's value or an empty object if the value will be deferred through a cache.
     std::optional<u64> GetQueryResult();
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/memory_manager.cpp b/src/video_core/memory_manager.cpp
index 0a376dedb..722ebd9ad 100755
--- a/src/video_core/memory_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/memory_manager.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include "common/alignment.h"
 #include "common/assert.h"
-#include "common/host_memory.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/k_page_table.h"
@@ -186,19 +185,6 @@ std::optional<VAddr> MemoryManager::GpuToCpuAddress(GPUVAddr gpu_addr) const {
     return page_entry.ToAddress() + (gpu_addr & page_mask);
 }
 
-std::optional<u8*> MemoryManager::GpuToHostPointer(GPUVAddr gpu_addr) const {
-    auto cpu_addr = GpuToCpuAddress(gpu_addr);
-    if (!cpu_addr) {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    auto& device_memory = system.DeviceMemory();
-    auto base = device_memory.buffer.VirtualBasePointer();
-    if (!base) {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    return base + *cpu_addr;
-}
-
 std::optional<VAddr> MemoryManager::GpuToCpuAddress(GPUVAddr addr, std::size_t size) const {
     size_t page_index{addr >> page_bits};
     const size_t page_last{(addr + size + page_size - 1) >> page_bits};
diff --git a/src/video_core/memory_manager.h b/src/video_core/memory_manager.h
index 8774c405f..61bfe47c7 100755
--- a/src/video_core/memory_manager.h
+++ b/src/video_core/memory_manager.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ public:
 
     [[nodiscard]] std::optional<VAddr> GpuToCpuAddress(GPUVAddr addr) const;
 
-    [[nodiscard]] std::optional<u8*> GpuToHostPointer(GPUVAddr addr) const;
-
     [[nodiscard]] std::optional<VAddr> GpuToCpuAddress(GPUVAddr addr, std::size_t size) const;
 
     template <typename T>