diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/render_target_cache.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/render_target_cache.cc
index c53cf4271..02c5d45c9 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/render_target_cache.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/render_target_cache.cc
@@ -1128,24 +1128,22 @@ bool RenderTargetCache::ResolveCopy(SharedMemory* shared_memory,
         DepthRenderTargetToTextureFormat(DepthRenderTargetFormat(src_format));
     src_64bpp = false;
   } else {
-    // Texture formats k_16_16_EDRAM and k_16_16_16_16_EDRAM are not the same as
-    // k_16_16 and k_16_16_16_16, but they are emulated with the same DXGI
-    // formats as k_16_16 and k_16_16_16_16 on the host, so they are treated as
-    // a special case of such formats.
+    // Force k_16_16 and k_16_16_16_16 RTs to be always resolved via drawing,
+    // because resolving to a k_16_16 or a k_16_16_16_16 texture should result
+    // in unsigned texture data, unlike the render target which is signed.
     if (ColorRenderTargetFormat(src_format) ==
         ColorRenderTargetFormat::k_16_16) {
-      src_texture_format = TextureFormat::k_16_16;
+      src_texture_format = TextureFormat::k_16_16_EDRAM;
     } else if (ColorRenderTargetFormat(src_format) ==
                ColorRenderTargetFormat::k_16_16_16_16) {
-      src_texture_format = TextureFormat::k_16_16_16_16;
+      src_texture_format = TextureFormat::k_16_16_16_16_EDRAM;
     } else {
-      src_texture_format =
-          ColorRenderTargetToTextureFormat(ColorRenderTargetFormat(src_format));
+      src_texture_format = GetBaseFormat(ColorRenderTargetToTextureFormat(
+          ColorRenderTargetFormat(src_format)));
     }
     src_64bpp = IsColorFormat64bpp(ColorRenderTargetFormat(src_format));
   }
   assert_true(src_texture_format != TextureFormat::kUnknown);
-  src_texture_format = GetBaseFormat(src_texture_format);
   // The destination format is specified as k_8_8_8_8 when resolving depth,
   // apparently there's no format conversion.
   TextureFormat dest_format =
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/texture_cache.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/texture_cache.cc
index 07da70e4d..db55e8bc9 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/texture_cache.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/texture_cache.cc
@@ -199,18 +199,18 @@ const TextureCache::HostFormat TextureCache::host_formats_[64] = {
      DXGI_FORMAT_R16_SNORM, LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN,
      LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UNORM, ResolveTileMode::k16bpp, true},
     // k_16_16
-    // TODO(Triang3l): Check if this is the correct way of specifying a signed
-    // resolve destination format.
+    // The resolve format being unorm is correct (with snorm distortion effects
+    // in Halo 3 cause stretching of one corner of the screen).
     {DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_TYPELESS, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM, LoadMode::k32bpb,
      DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_SNORM, LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN,
-     LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_SNORM, ResolveTileMode::k32bpp,
+     LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM, ResolveTileMode::k32bpp,
      false},
     // k_16_16_16_16
-    // TODO(Triang3l): Check if this is the correct way of specifying a signed
-    // resolve destination format.
+    // The resolve format being unorm is correct (with snorm distortion effects
+    // in Halo 3 cause stretching of one corner of the screen).
     {DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_TYPELESS, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM,
      LoadMode::k64bpb, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SNORM, LoadMode::kUnknown,
-     DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN, LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SNORM,
+     DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN, LoadMode::kUnknown, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM,
      ResolveTileMode::k64bpp, false},
     // k_16_EXPAND
     {DXGI_FORMAT_R16_FLOAT, DXGI_FORMAT_R16_FLOAT, LoadMode::k16bpb,