diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index d2980b0680..4ae678c66a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 
 			// TODO: Is the mipLevels check needed?
 			if (!entry->isRenderTarget &&
-				((!entry->isDynamic && width == entry->w && height == entry->h && full_format == entry->format && entry->mipLevels == maxlevel) 
-				|| (entry->isDynamic && entry->w == width && entry->h == height)))
+				((!entry->isDynamic && width == entry->realW && height == entry->realH && full_format == entry->format && entry->mipLevels == maxlevel) 
+				|| (entry->isDynamic && entry->realW == width && entry->realH == height)))
 			{
 				// reuse the texture
 			}
@@ -319,11 +319,11 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::Load(unsigned int stage,
 		entry->mipLevels = maxlevel;
 		entry->size_in_bytes = texture_size;
 
-		entry->scaledW = entry->w = width;
-		entry->scaledH = entry->h = height;
+		entry->virtualW = width;
+		entry->virtualH = height;
 
-		entry->nativeH = nativeH;
-		entry->nativeW = nativeW;
+		entry->realW = nativeW;
+		entry->realH = nativeH;
 		
 		entry->isRenderTarget = false;
 		entry->isNonPow2 = false;
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ void TextureCache::CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 address, bool bFromZBuffer,
 	TCacheEntryBase *entry = textures[address];
 	if (entry)
 	{
-		if ((entry->isRenderTarget && entry->scaledW == scaled_tex_w && entry->scaledH == scaled_tex_h) 
-			|| (entry->isDynamic && entry->w == tex_w && entry->h == tex_h))
+		if ((entry->isRenderTarget && entry->virtualW == scaled_tex_w && entry->virtualH == scaled_tex_h) 
+			|| (entry->isDynamic && entry->realW == tex_w && entry->realH == tex_h))
 		{
 			texture_is_dynamic = entry->isDynamic;
 		}
@@ -635,11 +635,11 @@ void TextureCache::CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 address, bool bFromZBuffer,
 		entry->addr = address;
 		entry->hash = 0;
 
-		entry->w = entry->nativeW = tex_w;
-		entry->h = entry->nativeH = tex_h;
+		entry->realW = tex_w;
+		entry->realH = tex_h;
 
-		entry->scaledW = scaled_tex_w;
-		entry->scaledH = scaled_tex_h;
+		entry->virtualW = scaled_tex_w;
+		entry->virtualH = scaled_tex_h;
 
 		entry->format = copyfmt;
 		entry->mipLevels = 0;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
index 3db40c7164..0793f8dd19 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureCacheBase.h
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ public:
 		u32 format;
 		
 		int frameCount;
-		unsigned int w, h, mipLevels;
-		// TODO: it looks like scaledW/H can be removed and w/h can be used in their place
-		unsigned int scaledW, scaledH, nativeW, nativeH;
+
+		unsigned int realW, realH; // Texture dimensions from the GameCube's point of view
+		unsigned int virtualW, virtualH; // Texture dimensions from OUR point of view
+		// Real and virtual dimensions are usually the same, but may be
+		// different if e.g. we use high-res textures. Then, realW,realH will
+		// be the dimensions of the original GameCube texture and
+		// virtualW,virtualH will be the dimensions of the high-res texture.
+
+		unsigned int mipLevels;
 
 		bool isRenderTarget;
 		bool isDynamic; // mofified from cpu
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index 86a27a44e6..d23de1324f 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::FromRenderTarget(bool bFromZBuffer,	bool bScaleB
 	bool bIsIntensityFmt, u32 copyfmt)
 {
 	// stretch picture with increased internal resolution
-	const D3D11_VIEWPORT vp = CD3D11_VIEWPORT(0.f, 0.f, (float)scaledW, (float)scaledH);
+	const D3D11_VIEWPORT vp = CD3D11_VIEWPORT(0.f, 0.f, (float)virtualW, (float)virtualH);
 	D3D::context->RSSetViewports(1, &vp);
 
 	// set transformation
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index 9cc3c61d12..d54e04f525 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 			if (tentry)
 			{
 				// 0s are probably for no manual wrapping needed.
-				PixelShaderManager::SetTexDims(i, tentry->nativeW, tentry->nativeH, 0, 0);
+				PixelShaderManager::SetTexDims(i, tentry->realW, tentry->realH, 0, 0);
 			}
 			else
 				ERROR_LOG(VIDEO, "error loading texture");
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index 08a2a6270e..3b5133def7 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::FromRenderTarget(bool bFromZBuffer, bool bScaleB
 		// Stretch picture with increased internal resolution
 		vp.X = 0;
 		vp.Y = 0;
-		vp.Width  = scaledW;
-		vp.Height = scaledH;
+		vp.Width  = virtualW;
+		vp.Height = virtualH;
 		vp.MinZ = 0.0f;
 		vp.MaxZ = 1.0f;
 		D3D::dev->SetViewport(&vp);
 		RECT destrect;
-		destrect.bottom = scaledH;
+		destrect.bottom = virtualH;
 		destrect.left = 0;
-		destrect.right = scaledW;
+		destrect.right = virtualW;
 		destrect.top = 0;
 
 		const float* const fConstAdd = colmat + 16;		// fConstAdd is the last 4 floats of colmat
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::FromRenderTarget(bool bFromZBuffer, bool bScaleB
 
 		D3D::drawShadedTexQuad(read_texture, &sourcerect, 
 			Renderer::GetFullTargetWidth(), Renderer::GetFullTargetHeight(),
-			scaledW, scaledH,
+			virtualW, virtualH,
 			((bformat != FOURCC_RAWZ && bformat != D3DFMT_D24X8) && bFromZBuffer) ?
 				PixelShaderCache::GetDepthMatrixProgram(SSAAMode) :
 				PixelShaderCache::GetColorMatrixProgram(SSAAMode),
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index 6cd91e58f0..3153e84d5c 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 			if (tentry)
 			{
 				// 0s are probably for no manual wrapping needed.
-				PixelShaderManager::SetTexDims(i, tentry->nativeW, tentry->nativeH, 0, 0);
+				PixelShaderManager::SetTexDims(i, tentry->realW, tentry->realH, 0, 0);
 			}
 			else
 				ERROR_LOG(VIDEO, "error loading texture");
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index a5b3190f3d..39cfe41144 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bool TextureCache::TCacheEntry::Save(const char filename[])
 	std::string tga_filename(filename);
 	tga_filename.replace(tga_filename.size() - 3, 3, "tga");
 
-	return SaveTexture(tga_filename.c_str(), GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture, w, h);
+	return SaveTexture(tga_filename.c_str(), GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture, realW, realH);
 }
 
 TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::CreateTexture(unsigned int width,
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::FromRenderTarget(bool bFromZBuffer,	bool bScaleB
 		glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB);
 		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, read_texture);
 
-		glViewport(0, 0, scaledW, scaledH);
+		glViewport(0, 0, virtualW, virtualH);
 
 		PixelShaderCache::SetCurrentShader(bFromZBuffer ? PixelShaderCache::GetDepthMatrixProgram() : PixelShaderCache::GetColorMatrixProgram());    
 		const float* const fConstAdd = colmat + 16;		// fConstAdd is the last 4 floats of colmat
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::FromRenderTarget(bool bFromZBuffer,	bool bScaleB
     {
 		static int count = 0;
 		SaveTexture(StringFromFormat("%sefb_frame_%i.tga", File::GetUserPath(D_DUMPTEXTURES_IDX),
-			count++).c_str(), GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture, w, h);
+			count++).c_str(), GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture, realW, realH);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index bf2b632b91..de6382b213 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 			if (tentry)
 			{
 				// 0s are probably for no manual wrapping needed.
-				PixelShaderManager::SetTexDims(i, tentry->nativeW, tentry->nativeH, 0, 0);
+				PixelShaderManager::SetTexDims(i, tentry->realW, tentry->realH, 0, 0);
 
 				if (g_ActiveConfig.iLog & CONF_SAVETEXTURES) 
 				{