diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererHW.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererHW.cpp
index f960c5c9ab..f1e7f123db 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererHW.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererHW.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@ void GSRendererHW::SetScaling()
 {
 	GSVector2i crtc_size(GetDisplayRect().width(), GetDisplayRect().height());
 
+	// Details of (potential) perf impact of a big framebuffer
+	// 1/ extra memory
+	// 2/ texture cache framebuffer rescaling/copy
+	// 3/ upload of framebuffer (preload hack)
+	// 4/ framebuffer clear (color/depth/stencil)
+	// 5/ read back of the frambuffer
+	// 6/ MSAA
+	//
+	// With the solution
+	// 1/ Nothing to do.Except the texture cache bug (channel shuffle effect)
+	//    most of the market is 1GB of VRAM (and soon 2GB)
+	// 2/ limit rescaling/copy to the valid data of the framebuffer
+	// 3/ ??? no solution so far
+	// 4a/ stencil can be limited to valid data.
+	// 4b/ is it useful to clear color? depth? (in any case, it ought to be few operation)
+	// 5/ limit the read to the valid data
+	// 6/ not support on openGL
+
 	// Framebuffer width is always a multiple of 64 so at certain cases it can't cover some weird width values.
 	// 480P , 576P use width as 720 which is not referencable by FBW * 64. so it produces 704 ( the closest value multiple by 64).
 	// In such cases, let's just use the CRTC width.
@@ -848,6 +866,7 @@ void GSRendererHW::OI_GsMemClear()
 
 		// FIXME: loop can likely be optimized with AVX/SSE. Pixels aren't
 		// linear but the value will be done for all pixels of a block.
+		// FIXME: maybe we could limit the write to the top and bottom row page.
 		if (format == 0) {
 			// Based on WritePixel32
 			for(int y = r.top; y < r.bottom; y++)
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererOGL.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererOGL.cpp
index 1d7ef8a688..baacc9a21a 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererOGL.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererOGL.cpp
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ void GSRendererOGL::DrawPrims(GSTexture* rt, GSTexture* ds, GSTextureCache::Sour
 	// vertex list (it will interact with PrimitiveOverlap and accurate
 	// blending)
 	//
+	//
+	// Uncomment to disable HLE emulation (allow to trace the draw call)
+	// m_channel_shuffle = false;
+
 	// First let's check we really have a channel shuffle effect
 	if (m_channel_shuffle) {
 		if (m_game.title == CRC::GT4 || m_game.title == CRC::GT3 || m_game.title == CRC::GTConcept || m_game.title == CRC::TouristTrophy) {
@@ -861,7 +865,13 @@ void GSRendererOGL::DrawPrims(GSTexture* rt, GSTexture* ds, GSTextureCache::Sour
 					DATE = false;
 				}
 			}
+		} else if (!om_csel.wa && (!m_context->TEST.ATE || m_context->TEST.ATST == ATST_ALWAYS)) {
+			// TODO: is it legal ? Likely but it need to be tested carefully
+			// DATE_GL45 = true;
+			// m_unsafe_fbmask = true; << replace it with a cheap barrier
+
 		}
+
 		// Will save my life !
 		ASSERT(!(DATE_GL45 && DATE_one));
 		ASSERT(!(DATE_GL42 && DATE_one));