diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GS.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GS.cpp
index 1b474859ea..964017f79e 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GS.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GS.cpp
@@ -342,52 +342,24 @@ void GSclose()
 
 void GSreset(bool hardware_reset)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->Reset(hardware_reset);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->Reset(hardware_reset);
 }
 
 void GSgifSoftReset(u32 mask)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->SoftReset(mask);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->SoftReset(mask);
 }
 
 void GSwriteCSR(u32 csr)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->WriteCSR(csr);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->WriteCSR(csr);
 }
 
 void GSInitAndReadFIFO(u8* mem, u32 size)
 {
 	GL_PERF("Init and read FIFO %u qwc", size);
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->InitReadFIFO(mem, size);
-		g_gs_renderer->ReadFIFO(mem, size);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
-	catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "GS: Memory allocation error\n");
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->InitReadFIFO(mem, size);
+	g_gs_renderer->ReadFIFO(mem, size);
 }
 
 void GSReadLocalMemoryUnsync(u8* mem, u32 qwc, u64 BITBLITBUF, u64 TRXPOS, u64 TRXREG)
@@ -397,89 +369,47 @@ void GSReadLocalMemoryUnsync(u8* mem, u32 qwc, u64 BITBLITBUF, u64 TRXPOS, u64 T
 
 void GSgifTransfer(const u8* mem, u32 size)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->Transfer<3>(mem, size);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->Transfer<3>(mem, size);
 }
 
 void GSgifTransfer1(u8* mem, u32 addr)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->Transfer<0>(const_cast<u8*>(mem) + addr, (0x4000 - addr) / 16);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->Transfer<0>(const_cast<u8*>(mem) + addr, (0x4000 - addr) / 16);
 }
 
 void GSgifTransfer2(u8* mem, u32 size)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->Transfer<1>(const_cast<u8*>(mem), size);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->Transfer<1>(const_cast<u8*>(mem), size);
 }
 
 void GSgifTransfer3(u8* mem, u32 size)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->Transfer<2>(const_cast<u8*>(mem), size);
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->Transfer<2>(const_cast<u8*>(mem), size);
 }
 
 void GSvsync(u32 field, bool registers_written)
 {
-	try
-	{
-		g_gs_renderer->VSync(field, registers_written, g_gs_renderer->IsIdleFrame());
-	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
-	{
-	}
-	catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "GS: Memory allocation error\n");
-	}
+	g_gs_renderer->VSync(field, registers_written, g_gs_renderer->IsIdleFrame());
 }
 
 int GSfreeze(FreezeAction mode, freezeData* data)
 {
-	try
+	if (mode == FreezeAction::Save)
 	{
-		if (mode == FreezeAction::Save)
-		{
-			return g_gs_renderer->Freeze(data, false);
-		}
-		else if (mode == FreezeAction::Size)
-		{
-			return g_gs_renderer->Freeze(data, true);
-		}
-		else if (mode == FreezeAction::Load)
-		{
-			// Since Defrost doesn't do a hardware reset (since it would be clearing
-			// local memory just before it's overwritten), we have to manually wipe
-			// out the current textures.
-			g_gs_device->ClearCurrent();
-			return g_gs_renderer->Defrost(data);
-		}
+		return g_gs_renderer->Freeze(data, false);
 	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError)
+	else if (mode == FreezeAction::Size)
 	{
+		return g_gs_renderer->Freeze(data, true);
+	}
+	else // if (mode == FreezeAction::Load)
+	{
+		// Since Defrost doesn't do a hardware reset (since it would be clearing
+		// local memory just before it's overwritten), we have to manually wipe
+		// out the current textures.
+		g_gs_device->ClearCurrent();
+		return g_gs_renderer->Defrost(data);
 	}
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 void GSQueueSnapshot(const std::string& path, u32 gsdump_frames)
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GS.h b/pcsx2/GS/GS.h
index 6087ed125e..1ae15f5049 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GS.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GS.h
@@ -119,13 +119,6 @@ bool GSSaveSnapshotToMemory(u32 window_width, u32 window_height, bool apply_aspe
 	u32* width, u32* height, std::vector<u32>* pixels);
 void GSJoinSnapshotThreads();
 
-struct GSError
-{
-};
-struct GSRecoverableError : GSError
-{
-};
-
 namespace Host
 {
 	/// Called when the GS is creating a render device.
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSClut.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSClut.cpp
index a865d9c760..af714bc400 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSClut.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSClut.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ GSClut::GSClut(GSLocalMemory* mem)
 	// 1k + 1k for mirrored area simulating wrapping memory
 	m_clut = static_cast<u16*>(_aligned_malloc(CLUT_ALLOC_SIZE, VECTOR_ALIGNMENT));
 	if (!m_clut)
-		throw std::bad_alloc();
+		pxFailRel("Failed to allocate CLUT storage.");
 
 	m_buff32 = reinterpret_cast<u32*>(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(m_clut) + 2048); // 1k
 	m_buff64 = reinterpret_cast<u64*>(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(m_clut) + 4096); // 2k
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSLocalMemory.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSLocalMemory.cpp
index 5ff022b6d8..c16c796ead 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSLocalMemory.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSLocalMemory.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GSLocalMemory::GSLocalMemory()
 {
 	m_vm8 = (u8*)GSAllocateWrappedMemory(m_vmsize, 4);
 	if (!m_vm8)
-		throw std::bad_alloc();
+		pxFailRel("Failed to allocate GS memory storage.");
 
 	memset(m_vm8, 0, m_vmsize);
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSLzma.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSLzma.cpp
index 154b2bfbfe..abd7cbb4ec 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSLzma.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSLzma.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ void GSDumpLzma::Initialize()
 
 	if (ret != LZMA_OK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error initializing the decoder! (error code %u)\n", ret);
-		throw "BAD"; // Just exit the program
+		Console.Error("Error initializing the decoder! (error code %u)", ret);
+		pxFailRel("Failed to initialize LZMA decoder.");
 	}
 
 	m_buff_size = 1024*1024;
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ void GSDumpLzma::Decompress()
 
 		if (ferror(m_fp))
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, "Read error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-			throw "BAD"; // Just exit the program
+			Console.Error("Read error: %s", strerror(errno));
+			pxFailRel("LZMA read error.");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -310,12 +310,10 @@ void GSDumpLzma::Decompress()
 
 	if (ret != LZMA_OK)
 	{
-		if (ret == LZMA_STREAM_END)
-			fprintf(stderr, "LZMA decoder finished without error\n\n");
-		else
+		if (ret != LZMA_STREAM_END)
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, "Decoder error: (error code %u)\n", ret);
-			throw "BAD"; // Just exit the program
+			Console.Error("Decoder error: (error code %u)", ret);
+			pxFailRel("LZMA decoder error.");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -395,16 +393,16 @@ void GSDumpDecompressZst::Decompress()
 
 			if (ferror(m_fp))
 			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "Read error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-				throw "BAD"; // Just exit the program
+				Console.Error("Zst read error: %s", strerror(errno));
+				pxFailRel("Zst read error.");
 			}
 		}
 
 		size_t ret = ZSTD_decompressStream(m_strm, &outbuf, &m_inbuf);
 		if (ZSTD_isError(ret))
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, "Decoder error: (error code %s)\n", ZSTD_getErrorName(ret));
-			throw "BAD"; // Just exit the program
+			Console.Error("Decoder error: (error code %s)", ZSTD_getErrorName(ret));
+			pxFailRel("Zst decoder error.");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp
index 4008a0cf4f..3d9c88e00b 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp
@@ -58,53 +58,41 @@ namespace GSPng
 		png_structp png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
 		png_infop info_ptr = nullptr;
 
-		bool success;
-		try
+		if (png_ptr == nullptr)
+			return false;
+
+		info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr);
+		if (info_ptr == nullptr)
+			return false;
+
+		if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)))
+			return false;
+
+		png_init_io(png_ptr, fp);
+		png_set_compression_level(png_ptr, compression);
+		png_set_IHDR(png_ptr, info_ptr, width, height, channel_bit_depth, type,
+			PNG_INTERLACE_NONE, PNG_COMPRESSION_TYPE_DEFAULT, PNG_FILTER_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+		png_write_info(png_ptr, info_ptr);
+
+		if (channel_bit_depth > 8)
+			png_set_swap(png_ptr);
+		if (rb_swapped && type != PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY)
+			png_set_bgr(png_ptr);
+
+		for (int y = 0; y < height; ++y)
 		{
-			if (png_ptr == nullptr)
-				throw GSRecoverableError();
-
-			info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr);
-			if (info_ptr == nullptr)
-				throw GSRecoverableError();
-
-			if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)))
-				throw GSRecoverableError();
-
-			png_init_io(png_ptr, fp);
-			png_set_compression_level(png_ptr, compression);
-			png_set_IHDR(png_ptr, info_ptr, width, height, channel_bit_depth, type,
-				PNG_INTERLACE_NONE, PNG_COMPRESSION_TYPE_DEFAULT, PNG_FILTER_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-			png_write_info(png_ptr, info_ptr);
-
-			if (channel_bit_depth > 8)
-				png_set_swap(png_ptr);
-			if (rb_swapped && type != PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY)
-				png_set_bgr(png_ptr);
-
-			for (int y = 0; y < height; ++y)
-			{
-				for (int x = 0; x < width; ++x)
-					for (int i = 0; i < bytes_per_pixel_out; ++i)
-						row[bytes_per_pixel_out * x + i] = image[y * pitch + bytes_per_pixel_in * x + i + offset];
-				png_write_row(png_ptr, row);
-			}
-			png_write_end(png_ptr, nullptr);
-
-			success = true;
-		}
-		catch (GSRecoverableError&)
-		{
-			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write image %s\n", file.c_str());
-
-			success = false;
+			for (int x = 0; x < width; ++x)
+				for (int i = 0; i < bytes_per_pixel_out; ++i)
+					row[bytes_per_pixel_out * x + i] = image[y * pitch + bytes_per_pixel_in * x + i + offset];
+			png_write_row(png_ptr, row);
 		}
+		png_write_end(png_ptr, nullptr);
 
 		if (png_ptr)
 			png_destroy_write_struct(&png_ptr, info_ptr ? &info_ptr : nullptr);
-		fclose(fp);
+		std::fclose(fp);
 
-		return success;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	bool Save(GSPng::Format fmt, const std::string& file, const u8* image, int w, int h, int pitch, int compression, bool rb_swapped)
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp
index 204ccd09b6..98b83857de 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp
@@ -1643,24 +1643,11 @@ void GSState::FlushPrim()
 
 		m_vt.Update(m_vertex.buff, m_index.buff, m_vertex.tail, m_index.tail, GSUtil::GetPrimClass(PRIM->PRIM));
 
-		try
-		{
-			// Skip draw if Z test is enabled, but set to fail all pixels.
-			const bool skip_draw = (m_context->TEST.ZTE && m_context->TEST.ZTST == ZTST_NEVER);
+		// Skip draw if Z test is enabled, but set to fail all pixels.
+		const bool skip_draw = (m_context->TEST.ZTE && m_context->TEST.ZTST == ZTST_NEVER);
 
-			if (!skip_draw)
-				Draw();
-		}
-		catch (GSRecoverableError&)
-		{
-			// could be an unsupported draw call
-		}
-		catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-		{
-			// Texture Out Of Memory
-			PurgePool();
-			Console.Error("GS: Memory allocation failure.");
-		}
+		if (!skip_draw)
+			Draw();
 
 		g_perfmon.Put(GSPerfMon::Draw, 1);
 		g_perfmon.Put(GSPerfMon::Prim, m_index.tail / GSUtil::GetVertexCount(PRIM->PRIM));
@@ -2706,8 +2693,7 @@ void GSState::GrowVertexBuffer()
 
 		Console.Error("GS: failed to allocate %zu bytes for vertices and %zu for indices.",
 			vert_byte_count, idx_byte_count);
-
-		throw GSError();
+		pxFailRel("Memory allocation failed");
 	}
 
 	if (m_vertex.buff)
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSDevice.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSDevice.cpp
index 6532a1a96e..6a688d7e32 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSDevice.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSDevice.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,15 @@ GSTexture* GSDevice::FetchSurface(GSTexture::Type type, int width, int height, i
 		{
 			t = CreateSurface(type, width, height, levels, format);
 			if (!t)
-				throw std::bad_alloc();
+			{
+				Console.Error("GS: Memory allocation failure for %dx%d texture. Purging pool and retrying.", width, height);
+				PurgePool();
+				if (!t)
+				{
+					Console.Error("GS: Memory allocation failure for %dx%d texture after purging pool.", width, height);
+					return nullptr;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -607,13 +615,9 @@ bool GSDevice::ResizeRenderTarget(GSTexture** t, int w, int h, bool preserve_con
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	GSTexture* new_tex;
-	try
-	{
-		const GSTexture::Format fmt = orig_tex ? orig_tex->GetFormat() : GSTexture::Format::Color;
-		new_tex = FetchSurface(GSTexture::Type::RenderTarget, w, h, 1, fmt, !preserve_contents, true);
-	}
-	catch (std::bad_alloc&)
+	const GSTexture::Format fmt = orig_tex ? orig_tex->GetFormat() : GSTexture::Format::Color;
+	GSTexture* new_tex = FetchSurface(GSTexture::Type::RenderTarget, w, h, 1, fmt, !preserve_contents, true);
+	if (!new_tex)
 	{
 		Console.WriteLn("%dx%d texture allocation failed in ResizeTexture()", w, h);
 		return false;
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSFastList.h b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSFastList.h
index 2c0797f864..b356ff1be7 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSFastList.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSFastList.h
@@ -228,9 +228,7 @@ private:
 	void Grow()
 	{
 		if (m_capacity == USHRT_MAX)
-		{
-			throw std::runtime_error("FastList size maxed out at USHRT_MAX (65535) elements, cannot grow futhermore.");
-		}
+			pxFailRel("FastList size maxed out at USHRT_MAX (65535) elements, cannot grow futhermore.");
 
 		const u16 new_capacity = m_capacity <= (USHRT_MAX / 2) ? (m_capacity * 2) : USHRT_MAX;
 
@@ -247,9 +245,7 @@ private:
 
 		// Initialize the additional space in the stack
 		for (u16 i = m_capacity - 1; i < new_capacity - 1; i++)
-		{
 			m_free_indexes_stack[i] = i + 1;
-		}
 
 		m_capacity = new_capacity;
 	}
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
index 8694a63492..042ae03371 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
@@ -2212,6 +2212,9 @@ void GSDevice11::RenderHW(GSHWDrawConfig& config)
 	if (config.destination_alpha == GSHWDrawConfig::DestinationAlphaMode::PrimIDTracking)
 	{
 		primid_tex = CreateRenderTarget(rtsize.x, rtsize.y, GSTexture::Format::PrimID, false);
+		if (!primid_tex)
+			return;
+
 		StretchRect(config.rt, GSVector4(config.drawarea) / GSVector4(rtsize).xyxy(),
 			primid_tex, GSVector4(config.drawarea), m_date.primid_init_ps[config.datm].get(), nullptr, false);
 	}
@@ -2237,6 +2240,9 @@ void GSDevice11::RenderHW(GSHWDrawConfig& config)
 		const GSVector4 dRect(config.drawarea);
 		const GSVector4 sRect = dRect / GSVector4(rtsize.x, rtsize.y).xyxy();
 		hdr_rt = CreateRenderTarget(rtsize.x, rtsize.y, GSTexture::Format::HDRColor);
+		if (!hdr_rt)
+			return;
+
 		// Warning: StretchRect must be called before BeginScene otherwise
 		// vertices will be overwritten. Trust me you don't want to do that.
 		StretchRect(config.rt, sRect, hdr_rt, dRect, ShaderConvert::HDR_INIT, false);
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp
index 3f6dc160af..9512992584 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp
@@ -2004,6 +2004,12 @@ void GSRendererHW::Draw()
 		const bool possible_shuffle = m_cached_ctx.FRAME.Block() == m_cached_ctx.TEX0.TBP0 || IsPossibleChannelShuffle();
 		src = tex_psm.depth ? g_texture_cache->LookupDepthSource(TEX0, env.TEXA, MIP_CLAMP, tmm.coverage, possible_shuffle) :
 								g_texture_cache->LookupSource(TEX0, env.TEXA, MIP_CLAMP, tmm.coverage, (GSConfig.HWMipmap >= HWMipmapLevel::Basic || GSConfig.TriFilter == TriFiltering::Forced) ? &hash_lod_range : nullptr, possible_shuffle);
+		if (unlikely(!src))
+		{
+			GL_INS("ERROR: Source lookup failed, skipping.");
+			cleanup_cancelled_draw();
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Estimate size based on the scissor rectangle and height cache.
@@ -2059,6 +2065,12 @@ void GSRendererHW::Draw()
 
 			rt = g_texture_cache->CreateTarget(FRAME_TEX0, t_size, target_scale, GSTextureCache::RenderTarget, true,
 				fm, false, force_preload, preload_uploads);
+			if (unlikely(!rt))
+			{
+				GL_INS("ERROR: Failed to create FRAME target, skipping.");
+				cleanup_cancelled_draw();
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2077,6 +2089,12 @@ void GSRendererHW::Draw()
 		{
 			ds = g_texture_cache->CreateTarget(ZBUF_TEX0, t_size, target_scale, GSTextureCache::DepthStencil,
 				m_cached_ctx.DepthWrite(), 0, false, force_preload);
+			if (unlikely(!ds))
+			{
+				GL_INS("ERROR: Failed to create ZBUF target, skipping.");
+				cleanup_cancelled_draw();
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -5168,23 +5186,10 @@ void GSRendererHW::OI_DoubleHalfClear(GSTextureCache::Target*& rt, GSTextureCach
 			// If some of the channels are masked, we need to keep them.
 			if (!clear_depth && m_cached_ctx.FRAME.FBMSK != 0)
 			{
-				GSTexture* tex = nullptr;
 				GSTextureCache::Target* target = clear_depth ? ds : rt;
-				const GSVector2 size = GSVector2(static_cast<float>(target->GetUnscaledWidth()) * target->m_scale, static_cast<float>(target->GetUnscaledHeight()) * target->m_scale);
-				pxAssert(!target->m_texture->IsDepthStencil());
-				try
-				{
-					tex = g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(size.x, size.y, target->m_texture->GetFormat(), false);
-				}
-				catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-				{
-				}
-
+				GSTexture* tex = g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(target->m_texture->GetWidth(), target->m_texture->GetHeight(), target->m_texture->GetFormat(), false);
 				if (!tex)
-				{
-					Console.Error("(ResizeTexture) Failed to allocate %dx%d texture", size.x, size.y);
 					return;
-				}
 
 				if (clear_depth)
 				{
@@ -5240,22 +5245,10 @@ void GSRendererHW::OI_DoubleHalfClear(GSTextureCache::Target*& rt, GSTextureCach
 		// If some of the channels are masked, we need to keep them.
 		if (m_cached_ctx.FRAME.FBMSK != 0)
 		{
-			GSTexture* tex = nullptr;
 			GSTextureCache::Target* target = rt;
-			const GSVector2 size = GSVector2(static_cast<float>(target->GetUnscaledWidth()) * target->m_scale, static_cast<float>(target->GetUnscaledHeight()) * target->m_scale);
-			try
-			{
-				tex = g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(size.x, size.y, target->m_texture->GetFormat(), true);
-			}
-			catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-			{
-			}
-
+			GSTexture* tex = g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(target->m_texture->GetWidth(), target->m_texture->GetHeight(), target->m_texture->GetFormat(), true);
 			if (!tex)
-			{
-				Console.Error("(ResizeTexture) Failed to allocate %dx%d texture", size.x, size.y);
 				return;
-			}
 
 			g_gs_device->ClearRenderTarget(tex, color);
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
index d3108a4c03..0fa6182cef 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ GSTextureCache::Source* GSTextureCache::LookupDepthSource(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0
 	if (GSConfig.UserHacks_DisableDepthSupport)
 	{
 		GL_CACHE("LookupDepthSource not supported (0x%x, F:0x%x)", TEX0.TBP0, TEX0.PSM);
-		throw GSRecoverableError();
+		return nullptr;
 	}
 
 	GL_CACHE("TC: Lookup Depth Source <%d,%d => %d,%d> (0x%x, %s, BW: %u, CBP: 0x%x, TW: %d, TH: %d)", r.x, r.y, r.z,
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ GSTextureCache::Source* GSTextureCache::LookupSource(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, con
 	if ((TEX0.TW > 10 && !region.HasX()) || (TEX0.TH > 10 && !region.HasY()))
 	{
 		GL_CACHE("Invalid TEX0 size %ux%u without region, aborting draw.", TEX0.TW, TEX0.TH);
-		throw GSRecoverableError();
+		return nullptr;
 	}
 
 	const GSVector2i compare_lod(lod ? *lod : GSVector2i(0, 0));
@@ -1382,7 +1382,10 @@ GSTextureCache::Target* GSTextureCache::LookupTarget(GIFRegTEX0 TEX0, const GSVe
 		if (dst_match)
 		{
 			calcRescale(dst_match);
-			dst = CreateTarget(TEX0, new_size.x, new_size.y, scale, type, clear);
+			dst = Target::Create(TEX0, new_size.x, new_size.y, scale, type, clear);
+			if (!dst)
+				return nullptr;
+
 			dst->m_32_bits_fmt = dst_match->m_32_bits_fmt;
 			dst->OffsetHack_modxy = dst_match->OffsetHack_modxy;
 
@@ -1454,7 +1457,7 @@ GSTextureCache::Target* GSTextureCache::CreateTarget(GIFRegTEX0 TEX0, const GSVe
 			size.x, size.y, fbmask, bp, TEX0.TBW, psm_str(TEX0.PSM));
 	}
 
-	Target* dst = CreateTarget(TEX0, size.x, size.y, scale, type, true);
+	Target* dst = Target::Create(TEX0, size.x, size.y, scale, type, true);
 	// In theory new textures contain invalidated data. Still in theory a new target
 	// must contains the content of the GS memory.
 	// In practice, TC will wrongly invalidate some RT. For example due to write on the alpha
@@ -2731,18 +2734,9 @@ bool GSTextureCache::Move(u32 SBP, u32 SBW, u32 SPSM, int sx, int sy, u32 DBP, u
 	// If the copies overlap, this is a validation error, so we need to copy to a temporary texture first.
 	if ((SBP == DBP) && !(GSVector4i(sx, sy, sx + w, sy + h).rintersect(GSVector4i(dx, dy, dx + w, dy + h))).rempty())
 	{
-		GSTexture* tmp_texture = nullptr;
-		const GSVector4i src_size = GSVector4i(src->m_texture->GetSize()).xyxy();
-		try
-		{
-			tmp_texture = src->m_texture->IsDepthStencil() ?
-				g_gs_device->CreateDepthStencil(src_size.x, src_size.y, src->m_texture->GetFormat(), false) :
-				g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(src_size.x, src_size.y, src->m_texture->GetFormat(), false);
-		}
-		catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-		{
-		}
-
+		GSTexture* tmp_texture = src->m_texture->IsDepthStencil() ?
+									 g_gs_device->CreateDepthStencil(src->m_texture->GetWidth(), src->m_texture->GetHeight(), src->m_texture->GetFormat(), false) :
+									 g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(src->m_texture->GetWidth(), src->m_texture->GetHeight(), src->m_texture->GetFormat(), false);
 		if (!tmp_texture)
 		{
 			Console.Error("(HW Move) Failed to allocate temporary %dx%d texture on HW move", w, h);
@@ -2752,7 +2746,7 @@ bool GSTextureCache::Move(u32 SBP, u32 SBW, u32 SPSM, int sx, int sy, u32 DBP, u
 		if(tmp_texture->IsDepthStencil())
 		{
 			const GSVector4 src_rect = GSVector4(scaled_sx, scaled_sy, scaled_sx + scaled_w, scaled_sy + scaled_h);
-			const GSVector4 tmp_rect = src_rect / GSVector4(src_size);
+			const GSVector4 tmp_rect = src_rect / (GSVector4(tmp_texture->GetSize()).xyxy());
 			const GSVector4 dst_rect = GSVector4(scaled_dx, scaled_dy, (scaled_dx + scaled_w), (scaled_dy + scaled_h));
 			g_gs_device->StretchRect(src->m_texture, tmp_rect, tmp_texture, src_rect, ShaderConvert::DEPTH_COPY, false);
 			g_gs_device->StretchRect(tmp_texture, tmp_rect, dst->m_texture, dst_rect, ShaderConvert::DEPTH_COPY, false);
@@ -4050,35 +4044,25 @@ void GSTextureCache::AgeHashCache()
 	}
 }
 
-GSTextureCache::Target* GSTextureCache::CreateTarget(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, int w, int h, float scale, int type, const bool clear)
+GSTextureCache::Target* GSTextureCache::Target::Create(GIFRegTEX0 TEX0, int w, int h, float scale, int type, bool clear)
 {
 	ASSERT(type == RenderTarget || type == DepthStencil);
 
 	const int scaled_w = static_cast<int>(std::ceil(static_cast<float>(w) * scale));
 	const int scaled_h = static_cast<int>(std::ceil(static_cast<float>(h) * scale));
+	GSTexture* texture = (type == RenderTarget) ?
+		g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(scaled_w, scaled_h, GSTexture::Format::Color, clear) :
+		g_gs_device->CreateDepthStencil(scaled_w, scaled_h, GSTexture::Format::DepthStencil, clear);
+	if (!texture)
+		return nullptr;
 
-	// TODO: This leaks if memory allocation fails. Use a unique_ptr so it gets freed, but these
-	// exceptions really need to get lost.
-	std::unique_ptr<Target> t = std::make_unique<Target>(TEX0, type);
-	t->m_unscaled_size = GSVector2i(w, h);
-	t->m_scale = scale;
+	Target* t = new Target(TEX0, type, GSVector2i(w, h), scale, texture);
 
-	if (type == RenderTarget)
-	{
-		t->m_texture = g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(scaled_w, scaled_h, GSTexture::Format::Color, clear);
+	g_texture_cache->m_target_memory_usage += t->m_texture->GetMemUsage();
 
-		t->m_used = true; // FIXME
-	}
-	else if (type == DepthStencil)
-	{
-		t->m_texture = g_gs_device->CreateDepthStencil(scaled_w, scaled_h, GSTexture::Format::DepthStencil, clear);
-	}
+	g_texture_cache->m_dst[type].push_front(t);
 
-	m_target_memory_usage += t->m_texture->GetMemUsage();
-
-	m_dst[type].push_front(t.get());
-
-	return t.release();
+	return t;
 }
 
 GSTexture* GSTextureCache::LookupPaletteSource(u32 CBP, u32 CPSM, u32 CBW, GSVector2i& offset, float* scale, const GSVector2i& size)
@@ -4646,12 +4630,15 @@ bool GSTextureCache::Source::ClutMatch(const PaletteKey& palette_key)
 
 // GSTextureCache::Target
 
-GSTextureCache::Target::Target(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, const int type)
+GSTextureCache::Target::Target(GIFRegTEX0 TEX0, int type, const GSVector2i& unscaled_size, float scale, GSTexture* texture)
 	: m_type(type)
-	, m_used(false)
+	, m_used(type == RenderTarget) // FIXME
 	, m_valid(GSVector4i::zero())
 {
 	m_TEX0 = TEX0;
+	m_unscaled_size = unscaled_size;
+	m_scale = scale;
+	m_texture = texture;
 	m_32_bits_fmt |= (GSLocalMemory::m_psm[TEX0.PSM].trbpp != 16);
 }
 
@@ -4876,19 +4863,9 @@ bool GSTextureCache::Target::ResizeTexture(int new_unscaled_width, int new_unsca
 	const int new_height = static_cast<int>(std::ceil(new_unscaled_height) * m_scale);
 	const bool clear = (new_width > width || new_height > height);
 
-	// These exceptions *really* need to get lost. This gets called outside of draws, which just crashes
-	// when it tries to propagate the exception back.
-	GSTexture* tex = nullptr;
-	try
-	{
-		tex = m_texture->IsDepthStencil() ?
-				  g_gs_device->CreateDepthStencil(new_width, new_height, m_texture->GetFormat(), clear) :
-				  g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(new_width, new_height, m_texture->GetFormat(), clear);
-	}
-	catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
-	{
-	}
-
+	GSTexture* tex = m_texture->IsDepthStencil() ?
+						 g_gs_device->CreateDepthStencil(new_width, new_height, m_texture->GetFormat(), clear) :
+						 g_gs_device->CreateRenderTarget(new_width, new_height, m_texture->GetFormat(), clear);
 	if (!tex)
 	{
 		Console.Error("(ResizeTexture) Failed to allocate %dx%d texture from %dx%d texture", new_width, new_height, width, height);
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
index 1b31106115..aa9dba76ff 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
@@ -227,9 +227,11 @@ public:
 		int readbacks_since_draw = 0;
 
 	public:
-		Target(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, const int type);
+		Target(GIFRegTEX0 TEX0, int type, const GSVector2i& unscaled_size, float scale, GSTexture* texture);
 		~Target();
 
+		static Target* Create(GIFRegTEX0 TEX0, int w, int h, float scale, int type, bool clear);
+
 		void ResizeDrawn(const GSVector4i& rect);
 		void UpdateDrawn(const GSVector4i& rect, bool can_resize = true);
 		void ResizeValidity(const GSVector4i& rect);
@@ -406,7 +408,6 @@ protected:
 	std::unique_ptr<GSDownloadTexture> m_uint32_download_texture;
 
 	Source* CreateSource(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, const GIFRegTEXA& TEXA, Target* t, bool half_right, int x_offset, int y_offset, const GSVector2i* lod, const GSVector4i* src_range, GSTexture* gpu_clut, SourceRegion region);
-	Target* CreateTarget(const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, int w, int h, float scale, int type, const bool clear);
 
 	/// Expands a target when the block pointer for a display framebuffer is within another target, but the read offset
 	/// plus the height is larger than the current size of the target.
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Metal/GSDeviceMTL.mm b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Metal/GSDeviceMTL.mm
index 20a660ec30..37b75b4736 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Metal/GSDeviceMTL.mm
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Metal/GSDeviceMTL.mm
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ MRCOwned<id<MTLFunction>> GSDeviceMTL::LoadShader(NSString* name)
 	{
 		NSString* msg = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Failed to load shader %@: %@", name, [err localizedDescription]];
 		Console.Error("%s", [msg UTF8String]);
-		throw GSRecoverableError();
+		pxFailRel("Failed to load shader, check the log for more details.");
 	}
 	return fn;
 }
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ MRCOwned<id<MTLRenderPipelineState>> GSDeviceMTL::MakePipeline(MTLRenderPipeline
 	{
 		NSString* msg = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Failed to create pipeline %@: %@", name, [err localizedDescription]];
 		Console.Error("%s", [msg UTF8String]);
-		throw GSRecoverableError();
+		pxFailRel("Failed to create pipeline, check the log for more details.");
 	}
 	return res;
 }
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ MRCOwned<id<MTLComputePipelineState>> GSDeviceMTL::MakeComputePipeline(id<MTLFun
 	{
 		NSString* msg = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Failed to create pipeline %@: %@", name, [err localizedDescription]];
 		Console.Error("%s", [msg UTF8String]);
-		throw GSRecoverableError();
+		pxFailRel("Failed to create pipeline, check the log for more details.");
 	}
 	return res;
 }
@@ -914,269 +914,262 @@ bool GSDeviceMTL::Create()
 	m_features.cas_sharpening = true;
 	m_features.test_and_sample_depth = true;
 
-	try
+	// Init metal stuff
+	m_fn_constants = MRCTransfer([MTLFunctionConstantValues new]);
+	setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, m_dev.features.framebuffer_fetch, GSMTLConstantIndex_FRAMEBUFFER_FETCH);
+
+	m_draw_sync_fence = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newFence]);
+	[m_draw_sync_fence setLabel:@"Draw Sync Fence"];
+	m_spin_fence = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newFence]);
+	[m_spin_fence setLabel:@"Spin Fence"];
+	constexpr MTLResourceOptions spin_opts = MTLResourceStorageModePrivate | MTLResourceHazardTrackingModeUntracked;
+	m_spin_buffer = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newBufferWithLength:4 options:spin_opts]);
+	[m_spin_buffer setLabel:@"Spin Buffer"];
+	id<MTLCommandBuffer> initCommands = [m_queue commandBuffer];
+	id<MTLBlitCommandEncoder> clearSpinBuffer = [initCommands blitCommandEncoder];
+	[clearSpinBuffer fillBuffer:m_spin_buffer range:NSMakeRange(0, 4) value:0];
+	[clearSpinBuffer updateFence:m_spin_fence];
+	[clearSpinBuffer endEncoding];
+	m_spin_pipeline = MakeComputePipeline(LoadShader(@"waste_time"), @"waste_time");
+
+	for (int sharpen_only = 0; sharpen_only < 2; sharpen_only++)
 	{
-		// Init metal stuff
-		m_fn_constants = MRCTransfer([MTLFunctionConstantValues new]);
-		setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, m_dev.features.framebuffer_fetch, GSMTLConstantIndex_FRAMEBUFFER_FETCH);
+		setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sharpen_only, GSMTLConstantIndex_CAS_SHARPEN_ONLY);
+		NSString* shader = m_dev.features.has_fast_half ? @"CASHalf" : @"CASFloat";
+		m_cas_pipeline[sharpen_only] = MakeComputePipeline(LoadShader(shader), sharpen_only ? @"CAS Sharpen" : @"CAS Upscale");
+	}
 
-		m_draw_sync_fence = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newFence]);
-		[m_draw_sync_fence setLabel:@"Draw Sync Fence"];
-		m_spin_fence = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newFence]);
-		[m_spin_fence setLabel:@"Spin Fence"];
-		constexpr MTLResourceOptions spin_opts = MTLResourceStorageModePrivate | MTLResourceHazardTrackingModeUntracked;
-		m_spin_buffer = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newBufferWithLength:4 options:spin_opts]);
-		[m_spin_buffer setLabel:@"Spin Buffer"];
-		id<MTLCommandBuffer> initCommands = [m_queue commandBuffer];
-		id<MTLBlitCommandEncoder> clearSpinBuffer = [initCommands blitCommandEncoder];
-		[clearSpinBuffer fillBuffer:m_spin_buffer range:NSMakeRange(0, 4) value:0];
-		[clearSpinBuffer updateFence:m_spin_fence];
-		[clearSpinBuffer endEncoding];
-		m_spin_pipeline = MakeComputePipeline(LoadShader(@"waste_time"), @"waste_time");
+	m_expand_index_buffer = CreatePrivateBufferWithContent(m_dev.dev, initCommands, MTLResourceHazardTrackingModeUntracked, EXPAND_BUFFER_SIZE, GenerateExpansionIndexBuffer);
+	[m_expand_index_buffer setLabel:@"Point/Sprite Expand Indices"];
 
-		for (int sharpen_only = 0; sharpen_only < 2; sharpen_only++)
+	m_hw_vertex = MRCTransfer([MTLVertexDescriptor new]);
+	[[[m_hw_vertex layouts] objectAtIndexedSubscript:GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices] setStride:sizeof(GSVertex)];
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexST, MTLVertexFormatFloat2,           offsetof(GSVertex, ST),      GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexC,  MTLVertexFormatUChar4,           offsetof(GSVertex, RGBAQ.R), GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexQ,  MTLVertexFormatFloat,            offsetof(GSVertex, RGBAQ.Q), GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexXY, MTLVertexFormatUShort2,          offsetof(GSVertex, XYZ.X),   GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexZ,  MTLVertexFormatUInt,             offsetof(GSVertex, XYZ.Z),   GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexUV, MTLVertexFormatUShort2,          offsetof(GSVertex, UV),      GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+	applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexF,  MTLVertexFormatUChar4Normalized, offsetof(GSVertex, FOG),     GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
+
+	for (auto& desc : m_render_pass_desc)
+	{
+		desc = MRCTransfer([MTLRenderPassDescriptor new]);
+		[[desc   depthAttachment] setStoreAction:MTLStoreActionStore];
+		[[desc stencilAttachment] setStoreAction:MTLStoreActionStore];
+	}
+
+	// Init samplers
+	m_sampler_hw[SamplerSelector::Linear().key] = CreateSampler(m_dev.dev, SamplerSelector::Linear());
+	m_sampler_hw[SamplerSelector::Point().key] = CreateSampler(m_dev.dev, SamplerSelector::Point());
+
+	// Init depth stencil states
+	MTLDepthStencilDescriptor* dssdesc = [[MTLDepthStencilDescriptor new] autorelease];
+	MTLStencilDescriptor* stencildesc = [[MTLStencilDescriptor new] autorelease];
+	stencildesc.stencilCompareFunction = MTLCompareFunctionAlways;
+	stencildesc.depthFailureOperation = MTLStencilOperationKeep;
+	stencildesc.stencilFailureOperation = MTLStencilOperationKeep;
+	stencildesc.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationReplace;
+	dssdesc.frontFaceStencil = stencildesc;
+	dssdesc.backFaceStencil = stencildesc;
+	[dssdesc setLabel:@"Stencil Write"];
+	m_dss_stencil_write = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor:dssdesc]);
+	dssdesc.frontFaceStencil.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationZero;
+	dssdesc.backFaceStencil.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationZero;
+	[dssdesc setLabel:@"Stencil Zero"];
+	m_dss_stencil_zero = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor:dssdesc]);
+	stencildesc.stencilCompareFunction = MTLCompareFunctionEqual;
+	stencildesc.readMask = 1;
+	stencildesc.writeMask = 1;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_dss_hw); i++)
+	{
+		GSHWDrawConfig::DepthStencilSelector sel;
+		sel.key = i;
+		if (sel.date)
 		{
-			setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sharpen_only, GSMTLConstantIndex_CAS_SHARPEN_ONLY);
-			NSString* shader = m_dev.features.has_fast_half ? @"CASHalf" : @"CASFloat";
-			m_cas_pipeline[sharpen_only] = MakeComputePipeline(LoadShader(shader), sharpen_only ? @"CAS Sharpen" : @"CAS Upscale");
-		}
-
-		m_expand_index_buffer = CreatePrivateBufferWithContent(m_dev.dev, initCommands, MTLResourceHazardTrackingModeUntracked, EXPAND_BUFFER_SIZE, GenerateExpansionIndexBuffer);
-		[m_expand_index_buffer setLabel:@"Point/Sprite Expand Indices"];
-
-		m_hw_vertex = MRCTransfer([MTLVertexDescriptor new]);
-		[[[m_hw_vertex layouts] objectAtIndexedSubscript:GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices] setStride:sizeof(GSVertex)];
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexST, MTLVertexFormatFloat2,           offsetof(GSVertex, ST),      GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexC,  MTLVertexFormatUChar4,           offsetof(GSVertex, RGBAQ.R), GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexQ,  MTLVertexFormatFloat,            offsetof(GSVertex, RGBAQ.Q), GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexXY, MTLVertexFormatUShort2,          offsetof(GSVertex, XYZ.X),   GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexZ,  MTLVertexFormatUInt,             offsetof(GSVertex, XYZ.Z),   GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexUV, MTLVertexFormatUShort2,          offsetof(GSVertex, UV),      GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-		applyAttribute(m_hw_vertex, GSMTLAttributeIndexF,  MTLVertexFormatUChar4Normalized, offsetof(GSVertex, FOG),     GSMTLBufferIndexHWVertices);
-
-		for (auto& desc : m_render_pass_desc)
-		{
-			desc = MRCTransfer([MTLRenderPassDescriptor new]);
-			[[desc   depthAttachment] setStoreAction:MTLStoreActionStore];
-			[[desc stencilAttachment] setStoreAction:MTLStoreActionStore];
-		}
-
-		// Init samplers
-		m_sampler_hw[SamplerSelector::Linear().key] = CreateSampler(m_dev.dev, SamplerSelector::Linear());
-		m_sampler_hw[SamplerSelector::Point().key] = CreateSampler(m_dev.dev, SamplerSelector::Point());
-
-		// Init depth stencil states
-		MTLDepthStencilDescriptor* dssdesc = [[MTLDepthStencilDescriptor new] autorelease];
-		MTLStencilDescriptor* stencildesc = [[MTLStencilDescriptor new] autorelease];
-		stencildesc.stencilCompareFunction = MTLCompareFunctionAlways;
-		stencildesc.depthFailureOperation = MTLStencilOperationKeep;
-		stencildesc.stencilFailureOperation = MTLStencilOperationKeep;
-		stencildesc.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationReplace;
-		dssdesc.frontFaceStencil = stencildesc;
-		dssdesc.backFaceStencil = stencildesc;
-		[dssdesc setLabel:@"Stencil Write"];
-		m_dss_stencil_write = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor:dssdesc]);
-		dssdesc.frontFaceStencil.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationZero;
-		dssdesc.backFaceStencil.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationZero;
-		[dssdesc setLabel:@"Stencil Zero"];
-		m_dss_stencil_zero = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor:dssdesc]);
-		stencildesc.stencilCompareFunction = MTLCompareFunctionEqual;
-		stencildesc.readMask = 1;
-		stencildesc.writeMask = 1;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_dss_hw); i++)
-		{
-			GSHWDrawConfig::DepthStencilSelector sel;
-			sel.key = i;
-			if (sel.date)
-			{
-				if (sel.date_one)
-					stencildesc.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationZero;
-				else
-					stencildesc.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationKeep;
-				dssdesc.frontFaceStencil = stencildesc;
-				dssdesc.backFaceStencil = stencildesc;
-			}
+			if (sel.date_one)
+				stencildesc.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationZero;
 			else
-			{
-				dssdesc.frontFaceStencil = nil;
-				dssdesc.backFaceStencil = nil;
-			}
-			dssdesc.depthWriteEnabled = sel.zwe ? YES : NO;
-			static constexpr MTLCompareFunction ztst[] =
-			{
-				MTLCompareFunctionNever,
-				MTLCompareFunctionAlways,
-				MTLCompareFunctionGreaterEqual,
-				MTLCompareFunctionGreater,
-			};
-			static constexpr const char* ztstname[] =
-			{
-				"DepthNever",
-				"DepthAlways",
-				"DepthGEq",
-				"DepthEq",
-			};
-			const char* datedesc = sel.date ? (sel.date_one ? " DATE_ONE" : " DATE") : "";
-			const char* zwedesc = sel.zwe ? " ZWE" : "";
-			dssdesc.depthCompareFunction = ztst[sel.ztst];
-			[dssdesc setLabel:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s%s%s", ztstname[sel.ztst], zwedesc, datedesc]];
-			m_dss_hw[i] = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor:dssdesc]);
+				stencildesc.depthStencilPassOperation = MTLStencilOperationKeep;
+			dssdesc.frontFaceStencil = stencildesc;
+			dssdesc.backFaceStencil = stencildesc;
 		}
-
-		// Init HW Vertex Shaders
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_hw_vs); i++)
+		else
 		{
-			VSSelector sel;
-			sel.key = i;
-			if (sel.point_size && sel.expand != GSMTLExpandType::None)
-				continue;
-			setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sel.fst,        GSMTLConstantIndex_FST);
-			setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sel.iip,        GSMTLConstantIndex_IIP);
-			setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sel.point_size, GSMTLConstantIndex_VS_POINT_SIZE);
-			NSString* shader = @"vs_main";
-			if (sel.expand != GSMTLExpandType::None)
-			{
-				setFnConstantI(m_fn_constants, static_cast<u32>(sel.expand), GSMTLConstantIndex_VS_EXPAND_TYPE);
-				shader = @"vs_main_expand";
-			}
-			m_hw_vs[i] = LoadShader(shader);
+			dssdesc.frontFaceStencil = nil;
+			dssdesc.backFaceStencil = nil;
 		}
-
-		// Init pipelines
-		auto vs_convert = LoadShader(@"vs_convert");
-		auto fs_triangle = LoadShader(@"fs_triangle");
-		auto ps_copy = LoadShader(@"ps_copy");
-		auto pdesc = [[MTLRenderPipelineDescriptor new] autorelease];
-		// FS Triangle Pipelines
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::Color);
-		m_hdr_resolve_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_hdr_resolve"), @"HDR Resolve");
-		m_fxaa_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_fxaa"), @"fxaa");
-		m_shadeboost_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_shadeboost"), @"shadeboost");
-		m_clut_pipeline[0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_convert_clut_4"), @"4-bit CLUT Update");
-		m_clut_pipeline[1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_convert_clut_8"), @"8-bit CLUT Update");
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::HDRColor);
-		m_hdr_init_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_hdr_init"), @"HDR Init");
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-		pdesc.stencilAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatDepth32Float_Stencil8;
-		m_datm_pipeline[0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_datm0"), @"datm0");
-		m_datm_pipeline[1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_datm1"), @"datm1");
-		m_stencil_clear_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, nil, @"Stencil Clear");
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::PrimID);
-		pdesc.stencilAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-		pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatDepth32Float_Stencil8;
-		m_primid_init_pipeline[1][0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm0"), @"PrimID DATM0 Clear");
-		m_primid_init_pipeline[1][1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm1"), @"PrimID DATM1 Clear");
-		pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-		m_primid_init_pipeline[0][0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm0"), @"PrimID DATM0 Clear");
-		m_primid_init_pipeline[0][1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm1"), @"PrimID DATM1 Clear");
-
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::Color);
-		applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 0, MTLVertexFormatFloat2, offsetof(ConvertShaderVertex, pos),    0);
-		applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 1, MTLVertexFormatFloat2, offsetof(ConvertShaderVertex, texpos), 0);
-		pdesc.vertexDescriptor.layouts[0].stride = sizeof(ConvertShaderVertex);
-
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_interlace_pipeline); i++)
+		dssdesc.depthWriteEnabled = sel.zwe ? YES : NO;
+		static constexpr MTLCompareFunction ztst[] =
 		{
-			NSString* name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"ps_interlace%zu", i];
-			m_interlace_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), name);
-		}
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_convert_pipeline); i++)
+			MTLCompareFunctionNever,
+			MTLCompareFunctionAlways,
+			MTLCompareFunctionGreaterEqual,
+			MTLCompareFunctionGreater,
+		};
+		static constexpr const char* ztstname[] =
 		{
-			ShaderConvert conv = static_cast<ShaderConvert>(i);
-			NSString* name = [NSString stringWithCString:shaderName(conv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-			switch (conv)
-			{
-				case ShaderConvert::Count:
-				case ShaderConvert::DATM_0:
-				case ShaderConvert::DATM_1:
-				case ShaderConvert::CLUT_4:
-				case ShaderConvert::CLUT_8:
-				case ShaderConvert::HDR_INIT:
-				case ShaderConvert::HDR_RESOLVE:
-					continue;
-				case ShaderConvert::FLOAT32_TO_32_BITS:
-					pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::UInt32);
-					pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-					break;
-				case ShaderConvert::FLOAT32_TO_16_BITS:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_16_BITS:
-					pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::UInt16);
-					pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-					break;
-				case ShaderConvert::DEPTH_COPY:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT32:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT24:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT16:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGB5A1_TO_FLOAT16:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT32_BILN:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT24_BILN:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT16_BILN:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGB5A1_TO_FLOAT16_BILN:
-					pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-					pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::DepthStencil);
-					break;
-				case ShaderConvert::COPY:
-				case ShaderConvert::RGBA_TO_8I: // Yes really
-				case ShaderConvert::TRANSPARENCY_FILTER:
-				case ShaderConvert::FLOAT32_TO_RGBA8:
-				case ShaderConvert::FLOAT16_TO_RGB5A1:
-				case ShaderConvert::YUV:
-					pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::Color);
-					pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-					break;
-			}
-			m_convert_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), name);
-		}
-		pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_present_pipeline); i++)
-		{
-			PresentShader conv = static_cast<PresentShader>(i);
-			NSString* name = [NSString stringWithCString:shaderName(conv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-			pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = layer_px_fmt;
-			m_present_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), [NSString stringWithFormat:@"present_%s", shaderName(conv) + 3]);
-		}
-
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatRGBA8Unorm;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_convert_pipeline_copy_mask); i++)
-		{
-			MTLColorWriteMask mask = MTLColorWriteMaskNone;
-			if (i & 1) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskRed;
-			if (i & 2) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskGreen;
-			if (i & 4) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskBlue;
-			if (i & 8) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskAlpha;
-			NSString* name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"copy_%s%s%s%s", i & 1 ? "r" : "", i & 2 ? "g" : "", i & 4 ? "b" : "", i & 8 ? "a" : ""];
-			pdesc.colorAttachments[0].writeMask = mask;
-			m_convert_pipeline_copy_mask[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, ps_copy, name);
-		}
-
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].blendingEnabled = YES;
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].rgbBlendOperation = MTLBlendOperationAdd;
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].sourceRGBBlendFactor = MTLBlendFactorSourceAlpha;
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].destinationRGBBlendFactor = MTLBlendFactorOneMinusSourceAlpha;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_merge_pipeline); i++)
-		{
-			bool mmod = i & 1;
-			bool amod = i & 2;
-			NSString* name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"ps_merge%zu", mmod];
-			NSString* pipename = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Merge%s%s", mmod ? " MMOD" : "", amod ? " AMOD" : ""];
-			pdesc.colorAttachments[0].writeMask = amod ? MTLColorWriteMaskRed | MTLColorWriteMaskGreen | MTLColorWriteMaskBlue : MTLColorWriteMaskAll;
-			m_merge_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), pipename);
-		}
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].writeMask = MTLColorWriteMaskAll;
-
-		applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 0, MTLVertexFormatFloat2,           offsetof(ImDrawVert, pos), 0);
-		applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 1, MTLVertexFormatFloat2,           offsetof(ImDrawVert, uv),  0);
-		applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 2, MTLVertexFormatUChar4Normalized, offsetof(ImDrawVert, col), 0);
-		pdesc.vertexDescriptor.layouts[0].stride = sizeof(ImDrawVert);
-		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = layer_px_fmt;
-		m_imgui_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, LoadShader(@"vs_imgui"), LoadShader(@"ps_imgui"), @"imgui");
-
-		[initCommands commit];
+			"DepthNever",
+			"DepthAlways",
+			"DepthGEq",
+			"DepthEq",
+		};
+		const char* datedesc = sel.date ? (sel.date_one ? " DATE_ONE" : " DATE") : "";
+		const char* zwedesc = sel.zwe ? " ZWE" : "";
+		dssdesc.depthCompareFunction = ztst[sel.ztst];
+		[dssdesc setLabel:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%s%s%s", ztstname[sel.ztst], zwedesc, datedesc]];
+		m_dss_hw[i] = MRCTransfer([m_dev.dev newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor:dssdesc]);
 	}
-	catch (GSRecoverableError&)
+
+	// Init HW Vertex Shaders
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_hw_vs); i++)
 	{
-		return false;
+		VSSelector sel;
+		sel.key = i;
+		if (sel.point_size && sel.expand != GSMTLExpandType::None)
+			continue;
+		setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sel.fst,        GSMTLConstantIndex_FST);
+		setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sel.iip,        GSMTLConstantIndex_IIP);
+		setFnConstantB(m_fn_constants, sel.point_size, GSMTLConstantIndex_VS_POINT_SIZE);
+		NSString* shader = @"vs_main";
+		if (sel.expand != GSMTLExpandType::None)
+		{
+			setFnConstantI(m_fn_constants, static_cast<u32>(sel.expand), GSMTLConstantIndex_VS_EXPAND_TYPE);
+			shader = @"vs_main_expand";
+		}
+		m_hw_vs[i] = LoadShader(shader);
 	}
+
+	// Init pipelines
+	auto vs_convert = LoadShader(@"vs_convert");
+	auto fs_triangle = LoadShader(@"fs_triangle");
+	auto ps_copy = LoadShader(@"ps_copy");
+	auto pdesc = [[MTLRenderPipelineDescriptor new] autorelease];
+	// FS Triangle Pipelines
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::Color);
+	m_hdr_resolve_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_hdr_resolve"), @"HDR Resolve");
+	m_fxaa_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_fxaa"), @"fxaa");
+	m_shadeboost_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_shadeboost"), @"shadeboost");
+	m_clut_pipeline[0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_convert_clut_4"), @"4-bit CLUT Update");
+	m_clut_pipeline[1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_convert_clut_8"), @"8-bit CLUT Update");
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::HDRColor);
+	m_hdr_init_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_hdr_init"), @"HDR Init");
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+	pdesc.stencilAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatDepth32Float_Stencil8;
+	m_datm_pipeline[0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_datm0"), @"datm0");
+	m_datm_pipeline[1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_datm1"), @"datm1");
+	m_stencil_clear_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, nil, @"Stencil Clear");
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::PrimID);
+	pdesc.stencilAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+	pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatDepth32Float_Stencil8;
+	m_primid_init_pipeline[1][0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm0"), @"PrimID DATM0 Clear");
+	m_primid_init_pipeline[1][1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm1"), @"PrimID DATM1 Clear");
+	pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+	m_primid_init_pipeline[0][0] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm0"), @"PrimID DATM0 Clear");
+	m_primid_init_pipeline[0][1] = MakePipeline(pdesc, fs_triangle, LoadShader(@"ps_primid_init_datm1"), @"PrimID DATM1 Clear");
+
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::Color);
+	applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 0, MTLVertexFormatFloat2, offsetof(ConvertShaderVertex, pos),    0);
+	applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 1, MTLVertexFormatFloat2, offsetof(ConvertShaderVertex, texpos), 0);
+	pdesc.vertexDescriptor.layouts[0].stride = sizeof(ConvertShaderVertex);
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_interlace_pipeline); i++)
+	{
+		NSString* name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"ps_interlace%zu", i];
+		m_interlace_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), name);
+	}
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_convert_pipeline); i++)
+	{
+		ShaderConvert conv = static_cast<ShaderConvert>(i);
+		NSString* name = [NSString stringWithCString:shaderName(conv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+		switch (conv)
+		{
+			case ShaderConvert::Count:
+			case ShaderConvert::DATM_0:
+			case ShaderConvert::DATM_1:
+			case ShaderConvert::CLUT_4:
+			case ShaderConvert::CLUT_8:
+			case ShaderConvert::HDR_INIT:
+			case ShaderConvert::HDR_RESOLVE:
+				continue;
+			case ShaderConvert::FLOAT32_TO_32_BITS:
+				pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::UInt32);
+				pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+				break;
+			case ShaderConvert::FLOAT32_TO_16_BITS:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_16_BITS:
+				pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::UInt16);
+				pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+				break;
+			case ShaderConvert::DEPTH_COPY:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT32:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT24:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT16:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGB5A1_TO_FLOAT16:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT32_BILN:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT24_BILN:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA8_TO_FLOAT16_BILN:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGB5A1_TO_FLOAT16_BILN:
+				pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+				pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::DepthStencil);
+				break;
+			case ShaderConvert::COPY:
+			case ShaderConvert::RGBA_TO_8I: // Yes really
+			case ShaderConvert::TRANSPARENCY_FILTER:
+			case ShaderConvert::FLOAT32_TO_RGBA8:
+			case ShaderConvert::FLOAT16_TO_RGB5A1:
+			case ShaderConvert::YUV:
+				pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = ConvertPixelFormat(GSTexture::Format::Color);
+				pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+				break;
+		}
+		m_convert_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), name);
+	}
+	pdesc.depthAttachmentPixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatInvalid;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_present_pipeline); i++)
+	{
+		PresentShader conv = static_cast<PresentShader>(i);
+		NSString* name = [NSString stringWithCString:shaderName(conv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = layer_px_fmt;
+		m_present_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), [NSString stringWithFormat:@"present_%s", shaderName(conv) + 3]);
+	}
+
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatRGBA8Unorm;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_convert_pipeline_copy_mask); i++)
+	{
+		MTLColorWriteMask mask = MTLColorWriteMaskNone;
+		if (i & 1) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskRed;
+		if (i & 2) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskGreen;
+		if (i & 4) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskBlue;
+		if (i & 8) mask |= MTLColorWriteMaskAlpha;
+		NSString* name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"copy_%s%s%s%s", i & 1 ? "r" : "", i & 2 ? "g" : "", i & 4 ? "b" : "", i & 8 ? "a" : ""];
+		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].writeMask = mask;
+		m_convert_pipeline_copy_mask[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, ps_copy, name);
+	}
+
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].blendingEnabled = YES;
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].rgbBlendOperation = MTLBlendOperationAdd;
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].sourceRGBBlendFactor = MTLBlendFactorSourceAlpha;
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].destinationRGBBlendFactor = MTLBlendFactorOneMinusSourceAlpha;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < std::size(m_merge_pipeline); i++)
+	{
+		bool mmod = i & 1;
+		bool amod = i & 2;
+		NSString* name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"ps_merge%zu", mmod];
+		NSString* pipename = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Merge%s%s", mmod ? " MMOD" : "", amod ? " AMOD" : ""];
+		pdesc.colorAttachments[0].writeMask = amod ? MTLColorWriteMaskRed | MTLColorWriteMaskGreen | MTLColorWriteMaskBlue : MTLColorWriteMaskAll;
+		m_merge_pipeline[i] = MakePipeline(pdesc, vs_convert, LoadShader(name), pipename);
+	}
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].writeMask = MTLColorWriteMaskAll;
+
+	applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 0, MTLVertexFormatFloat2,           offsetof(ImDrawVert, pos), 0);
+	applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 1, MTLVertexFormatFloat2,           offsetof(ImDrawVert, uv),  0);
+	applyAttribute(pdesc.vertexDescriptor, 2, MTLVertexFormatUChar4Normalized, offsetof(ImDrawVert, col), 0);
+	pdesc.vertexDescriptor.layouts[0].stride = sizeof(ImDrawVert);
+	pdesc.colorAttachments[0].pixelFormat = layer_px_fmt;
+	m_imgui_pipeline = MakePipeline(pdesc, LoadShader(@"vs_imgui"), LoadShader(@"ps_imgui"), @"imgui");
+
+	[initCommands commit];
 	return true;
 }}
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/OpenGL/GSDeviceOGL.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/OpenGL/GSDeviceOGL.cpp
index 22a112e517..24b045526b 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/OpenGL/GSDeviceOGL.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/OpenGL/GSDeviceOGL.cpp
@@ -1066,6 +1066,8 @@ GSTexture* GSDeviceOGL::InitPrimDateTexture(GSTexture* rt, const GSVector4i& are
 	const GSVector2i& rtsize = rt->GetSize();
 
 	GSTexture* tex = CreateRenderTarget(rtsize.x, rtsize.y, GSTexture::Format::PrimID, false);
+	if (!tex)
+		return nullptr;
 
 	GL_PUSH("PrimID Destination Alpha Clear");
 	StretchRect(rt, GSVector4(area) / GSVector4(rtsize).xyxy(), tex, GSVector4(area), m_date.primid_ps[datm], false);
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSNewCodeGenerator.h b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSNewCodeGenerator.h
index 4f7cbbf9ad..2404d27936 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSNewCodeGenerator.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSNewCodeGenerator.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "xbyak/xbyak.h"
 #include "xbyak/xbyak_util.h"
 #include "GS/MultiISA.h"
+#include "common/Assertions.h"
 
 /// Code generator that automatically selects between SSE and AVX, x86 and x64 so you don't have to
 /// Should make combined SSE and AVX codegen much easier
@@ -38,45 +39,11 @@ public:
 	using Ymm = Xbyak::Ymm;
 	using Zmm = Xbyak::Zmm;
 
-	class Error : public std::exception
-	{
-	public:
-		enum Value
-		{
-			ERR_64_BIT_REG_IN_32,
-			ERR_64_INSTR_IN_32,
-			ERR_SSE_INSTR_IN_AVX,
-			ERR_AVX_INSTR_IN_SSE,
-		};
-
-		Value value;
-
-		Error(Value value) : value(value) {}
-
-		const char* what() const noexcept
-		{
-			static const char* tbl[] = {
-				"used 64-bit register in 32-bit code",
-				"used 64-bit only instruction in 32-bit code",
-				"used SSE instruction in AVX code",
-				"used AVX instruction in SSE code",
-			};
-			if (static_cast<u32>(value) < (sizeof(tbl) / sizeof(*tbl)))
-			{
-				return tbl[value];
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return "GSNewCodeGenerator Unknown Error";
-			}
-		}
-	};
-
 private:
 	void requireAVX()
 	{
 		if (!hasAVX)
-			throw Error(Error::ERR_AVX_INSTR_IN_SSE);
+			pxFailRel("used AVX instruction in SSE code");
 	}
 
 public:
@@ -141,7 +108,7 @@ public:
 
 #define ACTUAL_FORWARD_SSEONLY(name, ...) \
 	if (hasAVX) \
-		throw Error(Error::ERR_SSE_INSTR_IN_AVX); \
+		pxFailRel("used SSE instruction in AVX code"); \
 	else \
 		actual.name(__VA_ARGS__);
 
@@ -149,19 +116,19 @@ public:
 	if (hasAVX) \
 		actual.name(__VA_ARGS__); \
 	else \
-		throw Error(Error::ERR_AVX_INSTR_IN_SSE);
+		pxFailRel("used AVX instruction in SSE code");
 
 #define ACTUAL_FORWARD_AVX2(name, ...) \
 	if (hasAVX2) \
 		actual.name(__VA_ARGS__); \
 	else \
-		throw Error(Error::ERR_AVX_INSTR_IN_SSE);
+		pxFailRel("used AVX instruction in SSE code");
 
 #define ACTUAL_FORWARD_FMA(name, ...) \
 	if (hasFMA) \
 		actual.name(__VA_ARGS__); \
 	else \
-		throw Error(Error::ERR_AVX_INSTR_IN_SSE);
+		pxFailRel("used AVX instruction in SSE code");
 
 #define FORWARD1(category, name, type) \
 	void name(type a) \
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSRasterizer.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSRasterizer.cpp
index bda2e9e169..dbf719addb 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSRasterizer.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/SW/GSRasterizer.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ GSRasterizer::GSRasterizer(GSDrawScanline* ds, int id, int threads)
 	m_edge.buff = static_cast<GSVertexSW*>(_aligned_malloc(sizeof(GSVertexSW) * 2048, VECTOR_ALIGNMENT));
 	m_edge.count = 0;
 	if (!m_edge.buff)
-		throw std::bad_alloc();
+		pxFailRel("failed to allocate storage for m_edge.buff");
 
 	int rows = (2048 >> m_thread_height) + 16;
 	m_scanline = (u8*)_aligned_malloc(rows, 64);