diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7642a4df..d5c77c887 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 yuzu emulator early access
 =============
 
-This is the source code for early-access 3611.
+This is the source code for early-access 3612.
 
 ## Legal Notice
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h b/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h
index 99ef90e50..c5caf2d77 100755
--- a/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h
+++ b/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ BufferCache<P>::BufferCache(VideoCore::RasterizerInterface& rasterizer_,
     }
 
     const s64 device_memory = static_cast<s64>(runtime.GetDeviceLocalMemory());
-    const s64 min_spacing_expected = device_memory - 1_GiB - 512_MiB;
-    const s64 min_spacing_critical = device_memory - 1_GiB;
+    const s64 min_spacing_expected = device_memory - 1_GiB;
+    const s64 min_spacing_critical = device_memory - 512_MiB;
     const s64 mem_threshold = std::min(device_memory, TARGET_THRESHOLD);
     const s64 min_vacancy_expected = (6 * mem_threshold) / 10;
     const s64 min_vacancy_critical = (3 * mem_threshold) / 10;
diff --git a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h
index 0f66631cf..661bba96c 100755
--- a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h
+++ b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ TextureCache<P>::TextureCache(Runtime& runtime_, VideoCore::RasterizerInterface&
 
     if constexpr (HAS_DEVICE_MEMORY_INFO) {
         const s64 device_memory = static_cast<s64>(runtime.GetDeviceLocalMemory());
-        const s64 min_spacing_expected = device_memory - 1_GiB - 512_MiB;
-        const s64 min_spacing_critical = device_memory - 1_GiB;
+        const s64 min_spacing_expected = device_memory - 1_GiB;
+        const s64 min_spacing_critical = device_memory - 512_MiB;
         const s64 mem_threshold = std::min(device_memory, TARGET_THRESHOLD);
         const s64 min_vacancy_expected = (6 * mem_threshold) / 10;
         const s64 min_vacancy_critical = (3 * mem_threshold) / 10;
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ void TextureCache<P>::TickFrame() {
     TickAsyncDecode();
 
     runtime.TickFrame();
-    critical_gc = 0;
     ++frame_tick;
 
     if constexpr (IMPLEMENTS_ASYNC_DOWNLOADS) {
@@ -1912,10 +1911,6 @@ void TextureCache<P>::RegisterImage(ImageId image_id) {
         tentative_size = EstimatedDecompressedSize(tentative_size, image.info.format);
     }
     total_used_memory += Common::AlignUp(tentative_size, 1024);
-    if (total_used_memory > critical_memory && critical_gc < GC_EMERGENCY_COUNTS) {
-        RunGarbageCollector();
-        critical_gc++;
-    }
     image.lru_index = lru_cache.Insert(image_id, frame_tick);
 
     ForEachGPUPage(image.gpu_addr, image.guest_size_bytes, [this, image_id](u64 page) {
diff --git a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h
index cd4fbde06..e15f0781f 100755
--- a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h
+++ b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ private:
     u64 minimum_memory;
     u64 expected_memory;
     u64 critical_memory;
-    size_t critical_gc;
 
     struct BufferDownload {
         GPUVAddr address;
diff --git a/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp b/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp
index 9effc750d..c2eb668d3 100755
--- a/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu_cmd/yuzu.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     };
 
     while (optind < argc) {
-        int arg = getopt_long(argc, argv, "g:fhvp::c:", long_options, &option_index);
+        int arg = getopt_long(argc, argv, "g:fhvp::c:u:", long_options, &option_index);
         if (arg != -1) {
             switch (static_cast<char>(arg)) {
             case 'c':