diff --git a/src/citra/citra.cpp b/src/citra/citra.cpp
index 294ba7b88..debc54b1c 100644
--- a/src/citra/citra.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/citra.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "core/file_sys/cia_container.h"
 #include "core/frontend/applets/default_applets.h"
 #include "core/frontend/framebuffer_layout.h"
+#include "core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h"
 #include "core/gdbstub/gdbstub.h"
 #include "core/hle/service/am/am.h"
 #include "core/hle/service/cfg/cfg.h"
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     Core::System::GetInstance().RegisterImageInterface(std::make_shared<LodePNGImageInterface>());
 
     std::unique_ptr<EmuWindow_SDL2> emu_window{std::make_unique<EmuWindow_SDL2>(fullscreen)};
-
+    Frontend::ScopeAcquireContext scope(*emu_window);
     Core::System& system{Core::System::GetInstance()};
 
     const Core::System::ResultStatus load_result{system.Load(*emu_window, filepath)};
@@ -411,9 +412,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         system.VideoDumper().StartDumping(dump_video, "webm", layout);
     }
 
+    std::thread render_thread([&emu_window] { emu_window->Present(); });
     while (emu_window->IsOpen()) {
         system.RunLoop();
     }
+    render_thread.join();
 
     Core::Movie::GetInstance().Shutdown();
     if (system.VideoDumper().IsDumping()) {
diff --git a/src/citra/config.cpp b/src/citra/config.cpp
index 9b0b1a8c1..86d592b8c 100644
--- a/src/citra/config.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/config.cpp
@@ -121,10 +121,11 @@ void Config::ReadValues() {
     Settings::values.use_shader_jit = sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Renderer", "use_shader_jit", true);
     Settings::values.resolution_factor =
         static_cast<u16>(sdl2_config->GetInteger("Renderer", "resolution_factor", 1));
-    Settings::values.vsync_enabled = sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Renderer", "vsync_enabled", false);
     Settings::values.use_frame_limit = sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Renderer", "use_frame_limit", true);
     Settings::values.frame_limit =
         static_cast<u16>(sdl2_config->GetInteger("Renderer", "frame_limit", 100));
+    Settings::values.use_vsync_new =
+        static_cast<u16>(sdl2_config->GetInteger("Renderer", "use_vsync_new", 1));
 
     Settings::values.render_3d = static_cast<Settings::StereoRenderOption>(
         sdl2_config->GetInteger("Renderer", "render_3d", 0));
diff --git a/src/citra/default_ini.h b/src/citra/default_ini.h
index 2b6aa2147..d646823e2 100644
--- a/src/citra/default_ini.h
+++ b/src/citra/default_ini.h
@@ -112,15 +112,16 @@ shaders_accurate_mul =
 # 0: Interpreter (slow), 1 (default): JIT (fast)
 use_shader_jit =
 
+# Forces VSync on the display thread. Usually doesn't impact performance, but on some drivers it can
+# so only turn this off if you notice a speed difference.
+# 0: Off, 1 (default): On
+use_vsync_new =
+
 # Resolution scale factor
 # 0: Auto (scales resolution to window size), 1: Native 3DS screen resolution, Otherwise a scale
 # factor for the 3DS resolution
 resolution_factor =
 
-# Whether to enable V-Sync (caps the framerate at 60FPS) or not.
-# 0 (default): Off, 1: On
-vsync_enabled =
-
 # Turns on the frame limiter, which will limit frames output to the target game speed
 # 0: Off, 1: On (default)
 use_frame_limit =
diff --git a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp
index 34d3d2fdb..f8fc2b3a1 100644
--- a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
 #include "input_common/motion_emu.h"
 #include "input_common/sdl/sdl.h"
 #include "network/network.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_base.h"
+#include "video_core/video_core.h"
+
+SharedContext_SDL2::SharedContext_SDL2() {
+    window = SDL_CreateWindow(NULL, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 0, 0,
+                              SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN | SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
+    context = SDL_GL_CreateContext(window);
+}
+
+SharedContext_SDL2::~SharedContext_SDL2() {
+    DoneCurrent();
+    SDL_GL_DeleteContext(context);
+    SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
+}
+
+void SharedContext_SDL2::MakeCurrent() {
+    SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(window, context);
+}
+
+void SharedContext_SDL2::DoneCurrent() {
+    SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(window, nullptr);
+}
 
 void EmuWindow_SDL2::OnMouseMotion(s32 x, s32 y) {
     TouchMoved((unsigned)std::max(x, 0), (unsigned)std::max(y, 0));
@@ -135,6 +157,10 @@ EmuWindow_SDL2::EmuWindow_SDL2(bool fullscreen) {
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE, 8);
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE, 8);
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_ALPHA_SIZE, 0);
+    // Enable context sharing for the shared context
+    SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_SHARE_WITH_CURRENT_CONTEXT, 1);
+    // Enable vsync
+    SDL_GL_SetSwapInterval(1);
 
     std::string window_title = fmt::format("Citra {} | {}-{}", Common::g_build_fullname,
                                            Common::g_scm_branch, Common::g_scm_desc);
@@ -150,16 +176,24 @@ EmuWindow_SDL2::EmuWindow_SDL2(bool fullscreen) {
         exit(1);
     }
 
+    dummy_window = SDL_CreateWindow(NULL, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 0, 0,
+                                    SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN | SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
+
     if (fullscreen) {
         Fullscreen();
     }
 
-    gl_context = SDL_GL_CreateContext(render_window);
+    window_context = SDL_GL_CreateContext(render_window);
+    core_context = CreateSharedContext();
 
-    if (gl_context == nullptr) {
+    if (window_context == nullptr) {
         LOG_CRITICAL(Frontend, "Failed to create SDL2 GL context: {}", SDL_GetError());
         exit(1);
     }
+    if (core_context == nullptr) {
+        LOG_CRITICAL(Frontend, "Failed to create shared SDL2 GL context: {}", SDL_GetError());
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
     auto gl_load_func = Settings::values.use_gles ? gladLoadGLES2Loader : gladLoadGLLoader;
 
@@ -171,23 +205,31 @@ EmuWindow_SDL2::EmuWindow_SDL2(bool fullscreen) {
     OnResize();
     OnMinimalClientAreaChangeRequest(GetActiveConfig().min_client_area_size);
     SDL_PumpEvents();
-    SDL_GL_SetSwapInterval(Settings::values.vsync_enabled);
     LOG_INFO(Frontend, "Citra Version: {} | {}-{}", Common::g_build_fullname, Common::g_scm_branch,
              Common::g_scm_desc);
     Settings::LogSettings();
-
-    DoneCurrent();
 }
 
 EmuWindow_SDL2::~EmuWindow_SDL2() {
+    core_context.reset();
     Network::Shutdown();
     InputCommon::Shutdown();
-    SDL_GL_DeleteContext(gl_context);
+    SDL_GL_DeleteContext(window_context);
     SDL_Quit();
 }
 
-void EmuWindow_SDL2::SwapBuffers() {
-    SDL_GL_SwapWindow(render_window);
+std::unique_ptr<Frontend::GraphicsContext> EmuWindow_SDL2::CreateSharedContext() const {
+    return std::make_unique<SharedContext_SDL2>();
+}
+
+void EmuWindow_SDL2::Present() {
+    SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(render_window, window_context);
+    SDL_GL_SetSwapInterval(1);
+    while (IsOpen()) {
+        VideoCore::g_renderer->TryPresent(100);
+        SDL_GL_SwapWindow(render_window);
+    }
+    SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(render_window, nullptr);
 }
 
 void EmuWindow_SDL2::PollEvents() {
@@ -256,11 +298,11 @@ void EmuWindow_SDL2::PollEvents() {
 }
 
 void EmuWindow_SDL2::MakeCurrent() {
-    SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(render_window, gl_context);
+    core_context->MakeCurrent();
 }
 
 void EmuWindow_SDL2::DoneCurrent() {
-    SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(render_window, nullptr);
+    core_context->DoneCurrent();
 }
 
 void EmuWindow_SDL2::OnMinimalClientAreaChangeRequest(std::pair<u32, u32> minimal_size) {
diff --git a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h
index 3462c5bd9..b0834fd06 100644
--- a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h
+++ b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_sdl2.h
@@ -10,13 +10,29 @@
 
 struct SDL_Window;
 
+class SharedContext_SDL2 : public Frontend::GraphicsContext {
+public:
+    using SDL_GLContext = void*;
+
+    SharedContext_SDL2();
+
+    ~SharedContext_SDL2() override;
+
+    void MakeCurrent() override;
+
+    void DoneCurrent() override;
+
+private:
+    SDL_GLContext context;
+    SDL_Window* window;
+};
+
 class EmuWindow_SDL2 : public Frontend::EmuWindow {
 public:
     explicit EmuWindow_SDL2(bool fullscreen);
     ~EmuWindow_SDL2();
 
-    /// Swap buffers to display the next frame
-    void SwapBuffers() override;
+    void Present();
 
     /// Polls window events
     void PollEvents() override;
@@ -30,6 +46,9 @@ public:
     /// Whether the window is still open, and a close request hasn't yet been sent
     bool IsOpen() const;
 
+    /// Creates a new context that is shared with the current context
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsContext> CreateSharedContext() const override;
+
 private:
     /// Called by PollEvents when a key is pressed or released.
     void OnKeyEvent(int key, u8 state);
@@ -67,9 +86,16 @@ private:
     /// Internal SDL2 render window
     SDL_Window* render_window;
 
+    /// Fake hidden window for the core context
+    SDL_Window* dummy_window;
+
     using SDL_GLContext = void*;
+
     /// The OpenGL context associated with the window
-    SDL_GLContext gl_context;
+    SDL_GLContext window_context;
+
+    /// The OpenGL context associated with the core
+    std::unique_ptr<Frontend::GraphicsContext> core_context;
 
     /// Keeps track of how often to update the title bar during gameplay
     u32 last_time = 0;
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp b/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp
index 400a0104c..a9cdddc18 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.cpp
@@ -1,31 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright 2014 Citra Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QDragEnterEvent>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
+#include <QOffscreenSurface>
+#include <QOpenGLContext>
+#include <QOpenGLFunctions>
+#include <QOpenGLFunctions_3_3_Core>
+#include <QOpenGLWindow>
 #include <QScreen>
 #include <QWindow>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
-
 #include "citra_qt/bootmanager.h"
+#include "citra_qt/main.h"
 #include "common/microprofile.h"
 #include "common/scm_rev.h"
 #include "core/3ds.h"
 #include "core/core.h"
+#include "core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h"
 #include "core/settings.h"
 #include "input_common/keyboard.h"
 #include "input_common/main.h"
 #include "input_common/motion_emu.h"
 #include "network/network.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_base.h"
 #include "video_core/video_core.h"
 
-EmuThread::EmuThread(GRenderWindow* render_window) : render_window(render_window) {}
+EmuThread::EmuThread(Frontend::GraphicsContext& core_context) : core_context(core_context) {}
 
 EmuThread::~EmuThread() = default;
 
+static GMainWindow* GetMainWindow() {
+    for (QWidget* w : qApp->topLevelWidgets()) {
+        if (GMainWindow* main = qobject_cast<GMainWindow*>(w)) {
+            return main;
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 void EmuThread::run() {
-    render_window->MakeCurrent();
-
     MicroProfileOnThreadCreate("EmuThread");
-
+    Frontend::ScopeAcquireContext scope(core_context);
     // Holds whether the cpu was running during the last iteration,
     // so that the DebugModeLeft signal can be emitted before the
     // next execution step.
@@ -72,48 +91,104 @@ void EmuThread::run() {
 #if MICROPROFILE_ENABLED
     MicroProfileOnThreadExit();
 #endif
-
-    render_window->moveContext();
 }
 
-// This class overrides paintEvent and resizeEvent to prevent the GUI thread from stealing GL
-// context.
-// The corresponding functionality is handled in EmuThread instead
-class GGLWidgetInternal : public QGLWidget {
-public:
-    GGLWidgetInternal(QGLFormat fmt, GRenderWindow* parent)
-        : QGLWidget(fmt, parent), parent(parent) {}
+OpenGLWindow::OpenGLWindow(QWindow* parent, QWidget* event_handler, QOpenGLContext* shared_context)
+    : QWindow(parent), event_handler(event_handler),
+      context(new QOpenGLContext(shared_context->parent())) {
 
-    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent* ev) override {
-        if (do_painting) {
-            QPainter painter(this);
-        }
-    }
+    // disable vsync for any shared contexts
+    auto format = shared_context->format();
+    format.setSwapInterval(Settings::values.use_vsync_new ? 1 : 0);
+    this->setFormat(format);
 
-    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* ev) override {
-        parent->OnClientAreaResized(ev->size().width(), ev->size().height());
-        parent->OnFramebufferSizeChanged();
-    }
+    context->setShareContext(shared_context);
+    context->setScreen(this->screen());
+    context->setFormat(format);
+    context->create();
 
-    void DisablePainting() {
-        do_painting = false;
-    }
-    void EnablePainting() {
-        do_painting = true;
-    }
+    LOG_WARNING(Frontend, "OpenGLWindow context format Interval {}",
+                context->format().swapInterval());
 
-private:
-    GRenderWindow* parent;
-    bool do_painting;
-};
+    LOG_WARNING(Frontend, "OpenGLWindow surface format interval {}", this->format().swapInterval());
+
+    setSurfaceType(QWindow::OpenGLSurface);
+
+    // TODO: One of these flags might be interesting: WA_OpaquePaintEvent, WA_NoBackground,
+    // WA_DontShowOnScreen, WA_DeleteOnClose
+}
+
+OpenGLWindow::~OpenGLWindow() {
+    context->doneCurrent();
+}
+
+void OpenGLWindow::Present() {
+    if (!isExposed())
+        return;
+    context->makeCurrent(this);
+    VideoCore::g_renderer->TryPresent(100);
+    context->swapBuffers(this);
+    auto f = context->versionFunctions<QOpenGLFunctions_3_3_Core>();
+    f->glFinish();
+    QWindow::requestUpdate();
+}
+
+bool OpenGLWindow::event(QEvent* event) {
+    switch (event->type()) {
+    case QEvent::UpdateRequest:
+        Present();
+        return true;
+    case QEvent::MouseButtonPress:
+    case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
+    case QEvent::MouseButtonDblClick:
+    case QEvent::MouseMove:
+    case QEvent::KeyPress:
+    case QEvent::KeyRelease:
+    case QEvent::FocusIn:
+    case QEvent::FocusOut:
+    case QEvent::FocusAboutToChange:
+    case QEvent::Enter:
+    case QEvent::Leave:
+    case QEvent::Wheel:
+    case QEvent::TabletMove:
+    case QEvent::TabletPress:
+    case QEvent::TabletRelease:
+    case QEvent::TabletEnterProximity:
+    case QEvent::TabletLeaveProximity:
+    case QEvent::TouchBegin:
+    case QEvent::TouchUpdate:
+    case QEvent::TouchEnd:
+    case QEvent::InputMethodQuery:
+    case QEvent::TouchCancel:
+        return QCoreApplication::sendEvent(event_handler, event);
+    case QEvent::Drop:
+        GetMainWindow()->DropAction(static_cast<QDropEvent*>(event));
+        return true;
+    case QEvent::DragResponse:
+    case QEvent::DragEnter:
+    case QEvent::DragLeave:
+    case QEvent::DragMove:
+        GetMainWindow()->AcceptDropEvent(static_cast<QDropEvent*>(event));
+        return true;
+    default:
+        return QWindow::event(event);
+    }
+}
+
+void OpenGLWindow::exposeEvent(QExposeEvent* event) {
+    QWindow::requestUpdate();
+    QWindow::exposeEvent(event);
+}
 
 GRenderWindow::GRenderWindow(QWidget* parent, EmuThread* emu_thread)
-    : QWidget(parent), child(nullptr), emu_thread(emu_thread) {
+    : QWidget(parent), emu_thread(emu_thread) {
 
     setWindowTitle(QStringLiteral("Citra %1 | %2-%3")
                        .arg(Common::g_build_name, Common::g_scm_branch, Common::g_scm_desc));
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_AcceptTouchEvents);
-
+    auto layout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
+    layout->setMargin(0);
+    setLayout(layout);
     InputCommon::Init();
 }
 
@@ -121,35 +196,12 @@ GRenderWindow::~GRenderWindow() {
     InputCommon::Shutdown();
 }
 
-void GRenderWindow::moveContext() {
-    DoneCurrent();
-
-    // If the thread started running, move the GL Context to the new thread. Otherwise, move it
-    // back.
-    auto thread = (QThread::currentThread() == qApp->thread() && emu_thread != nullptr)
-                      ? emu_thread
-                      : qApp->thread();
-    child->context()->moveToThread(thread);
-}
-
-void GRenderWindow::SwapBuffers() {
-    // In our multi-threaded QGLWidget use case we shouldn't need to call `makeCurrent`,
-    // since we never call `doneCurrent` in this thread.
-    // However:
-    // - The Qt debug runtime prints a bogus warning on the console if `makeCurrent` wasn't called
-    // since the last time `swapBuffers` was executed;
-    // - On macOS, if `makeCurrent` isn't called explicitely, resizing the buffer breaks.
-    child->makeCurrent();
-
-    child->swapBuffers();
-}
-
 void GRenderWindow::MakeCurrent() {
-    child->makeCurrent();
+    core_context->MakeCurrent();
 }
 
 void GRenderWindow::DoneCurrent() {
-    child->doneCurrent();
+    core_context->DoneCurrent();
 }
 
 void GRenderWindow::PollEvents() {}
@@ -163,8 +215,8 @@ void GRenderWindow::OnFramebufferSizeChanged() {
     // Screen changes potentially incur a change in screen DPI, hence we should update the
     // framebuffer size
     const qreal pixel_ratio = windowPixelRatio();
-    const u32 width = child->QPaintDevice::width() * pixel_ratio;
-    const u32 height = child->QPaintDevice::height() * pixel_ratio;
+    const u32 width = this->width() * pixel_ratio;
+    const u32 height = this->height() * pixel_ratio;
     UpdateCurrentFramebufferLayout(width, height);
 }
 
@@ -194,8 +246,7 @@ QByteArray GRenderWindow::saveGeometry() {
 }
 
 qreal GRenderWindow::windowPixelRatio() const {
-    // windowHandle() might not be accessible until the window is displayed to screen.
-    return windowHandle() ? windowHandle()->screen()->devicePixelRatio() : 1.0f;
+    return devicePixelRatio();
 }
 
 std::pair<u32, u32> GRenderWindow::ScaleTouch(const QPointF pos) const {
@@ -279,15 +330,19 @@ void GRenderWindow::TouchEndEvent() {
 }
 
 bool GRenderWindow::event(QEvent* event) {
-    if (event->type() == QEvent::TouchBegin) {
+    switch (event->type()) {
+    case QEvent::TouchBegin:
         TouchBeginEvent(static_cast<QTouchEvent*>(event));
         return true;
-    } else if (event->type() == QEvent::TouchUpdate) {
+    case QEvent::TouchUpdate:
         TouchUpdateEvent(static_cast<QTouchEvent*>(event));
         return true;
-    } else if (event->type() == QEvent::TouchEnd || event->type() == QEvent::TouchCancel) {
+    case QEvent::TouchEnd:
+    case QEvent::TouchCancel:
         TouchEndEvent();
         return true;
+    default:
+        break;
     }
 
     return QWidget::event(event);
@@ -298,45 +353,36 @@ void GRenderWindow::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent* event) {
     InputCommon::GetKeyboard()->ReleaseAllKeys();
 }
 
-void GRenderWindow::OnClientAreaResized(u32 width, u32 height) {
-    NotifyClientAreaSizeChanged(std::make_pair(width, height));
+void GRenderWindow::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event) {
+    QWidget::resizeEvent(event);
+    OnFramebufferSizeChanged();
 }
 
 void GRenderWindow::InitRenderTarget() {
-    if (child) {
-        delete child;
-    }
+    ReleaseRenderTarget();
 
-    if (layout()) {
-        delete layout();
-    }
-
-    // TODO: One of these flags might be interesting: WA_OpaquePaintEvent, WA_NoBackground,
-    // WA_DontShowOnScreen, WA_DeleteOnClose
-    QGLFormat fmt;
-    fmt.setVersion(3, 3);
-    fmt.setProfile(QGLFormat::CoreProfile);
-    fmt.setSwapInterval(Settings::values.vsync_enabled);
-
-    // Requests a forward-compatible context, which is required to get a 3.2+ context on OS X
-    fmt.setOption(QGL::NoDeprecatedFunctions);
-
-    child = new GGLWidgetInternal(fmt, this);
-    QBoxLayout* layout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
+    GMainWindow* parent = GetMainWindow();
+    QWindow* parent_win_handle = parent ? parent->windowHandle() : nullptr;
+    child_window = new OpenGLWindow(parent_win_handle, this, QOpenGLContext::globalShareContext());
+    child_window->create();
+    child_widget = createWindowContainer(child_window, this);
+    child_widget->resize(Core::kScreenTopWidth, Core::kScreenTopHeight + Core::kScreenBottomHeight);
+    layout()->addWidget(child_widget);
 
+    core_context = CreateSharedContext();
     resize(Core::kScreenTopWidth, Core::kScreenTopHeight + Core::kScreenBottomHeight);
-    layout->addWidget(child);
-    layout->setMargin(0);
-    setLayout(layout);
-
     OnMinimalClientAreaChangeRequest(GetActiveConfig().min_client_area_size);
-
-    OnFramebufferSizeChanged();
-    NotifyClientAreaSizeChanged(std::pair<unsigned, unsigned>(child->width(), child->height()));
-
     BackupGeometry();
 }
 
+void GRenderWindow::ReleaseRenderTarget() {
+    if (child_widget) {
+        layout()->removeWidget(child_widget);
+        delete child_widget;
+        child_widget = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
 void GRenderWindow::CaptureScreenshot(u32 res_scale, const QString& screenshot_path) {
     if (res_scale == 0)
         res_scale = VideoCore::GetResolutionScaleFactor();
@@ -361,18 +407,40 @@ void GRenderWindow::OnMinimalClientAreaChangeRequest(std::pair<u32, u32> minimal
 
 void GRenderWindow::OnEmulationStarting(EmuThread* emu_thread) {
     this->emu_thread = emu_thread;
-    child->DisablePainting();
 }
 
 void GRenderWindow::OnEmulationStopping() {
     emu_thread = nullptr;
-    child->EnablePainting();
 }
 
 void GRenderWindow::showEvent(QShowEvent* event) {
     QWidget::showEvent(event);
-
-    // windowHandle() is not initialized until the Window is shown, so we connect it here.
-    connect(windowHandle(), &QWindow::screenChanged, this, &GRenderWindow::OnFramebufferSizeChanged,
-            Qt::UniqueConnection);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Frontend::GraphicsContext> GRenderWindow::CreateSharedContext() const {
+    return std::make_unique<GLContext>(QOpenGLContext::globalShareContext());
+}
+
+GLContext::GLContext(QOpenGLContext* shared_context)
+    : context(new QOpenGLContext(shared_context->parent())),
+      surface(new QOffscreenSurface(nullptr)) {
+
+    // disable vsync for any shared contexts
+    auto format = shared_context->format();
+    format.setSwapInterval(0);
+
+    context->setShareContext(shared_context);
+    context->setFormat(format);
+    context->create();
+    surface->setParent(shared_context->parent());
+    surface->setFormat(format);
+    surface->create();
+}
+
+void GLContext::MakeCurrent() {
+    context->makeCurrent(surface);
+}
+
+void GLContext::DoneCurrent() {
+    context->doneCurrent();
 }
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.h b/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.h
index b36d45868..922e093f9 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.h
+++ b/src/citra_qt/bootmanager.h
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <mutex>
-#include <QGLWidget>
-#include <QImage>
 #include <QThread>
+#include <QWidget>
+#include <QWindow>
 #include "common/thread.h"
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/frontend/emu_window.h"
@@ -17,16 +17,30 @@
 class QKeyEvent;
 class QScreen;
 class QTouchEvent;
+class QOffscreenSurface;
+class QOpenGLContext;
 
-class GGLWidgetInternal;
 class GMainWindow;
 class GRenderWindow;
 
+class GLContext : public Frontend::GraphicsContext {
+public:
+    explicit GLContext(QOpenGLContext* shared_context);
+
+    void MakeCurrent() override;
+
+    void DoneCurrent() override;
+
+private:
+    QOpenGLContext* context;
+    QOffscreenSurface* surface;
+};
+
 class EmuThread final : public QThread {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit EmuThread(GRenderWindow* render_window);
+    explicit EmuThread(Frontend::GraphicsContext& context);
     ~EmuThread() override;
 
     /**
@@ -80,7 +94,7 @@ private:
     std::mutex running_mutex;
     std::condition_variable running_cv;
 
-    GRenderWindow* render_window;
+    Frontend::GraphicsContext& core_context;
 
 signals:
     /**
@@ -104,6 +118,24 @@ signals:
     void ErrorThrown(Core::System::ResultStatus, std::string);
 };
 
+class OpenGLWindow : public QWindow {
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit OpenGLWindow(QWindow* parent, QWidget* event_handler, QOpenGLContext* shared_context);
+
+    ~OpenGLWindow();
+
+    void Present();
+
+protected:
+    bool event(QEvent* event) override;
+    void exposeEvent(QExposeEvent* event) override;
+
+private:
+    QOpenGLContext* context;
+    QWidget* event_handler;
+};
+
 class GRenderWindow : public QWidget, public Frontend::EmuWindow {
     Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -111,11 +143,11 @@ public:
     GRenderWindow(QWidget* parent, EmuThread* emu_thread);
     ~GRenderWindow() override;
 
-    // EmuWindow implementation
-    void SwapBuffers() override;
+    // EmuWindow implementation.
     void MakeCurrent() override;
     void DoneCurrent() override;
     void PollEvents() override;
+    std::unique_ptr<Frontend::GraphicsContext> CreateSharedContext() const override;
 
     void BackupGeometry();
     void RestoreGeometry();
@@ -126,6 +158,8 @@ public:
 
     void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) override;
 
+    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event) override;
+
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event) override;
     void keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent* event) override;
 
@@ -137,14 +171,14 @@ public:
 
     void focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent* event) override;
 
-    void OnClientAreaResized(u32 width, u32 height);
-
     void InitRenderTarget();
 
+    /// Destroy the previous run's child_widget which should also destroy the child_window
+    void ReleaseRenderTarget();
+
     void CaptureScreenshot(u32 res_scale, const QString& screenshot_path);
 
 public slots:
-    void moveContext(); // overridden
 
     void OnEmulationStarting(EmuThread* emu_thread);
     void OnEmulationStopping();
@@ -162,10 +196,18 @@ private:
 
     void OnMinimalClientAreaChangeRequest(std::pair<u32, u32> minimal_size) override;
 
-    GGLWidgetInternal* child;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsContext> core_context;
 
     QByteArray geometry;
 
+    /// Native window handle that backs this presentation widget
+    QWindow* child_window = nullptr;
+
+    /// In order to embed the window into GRenderWindow, you need to use createWindowContainer to
+    /// put the child_window into a widget then add it to the layout. This child_widget can be
+    /// parented to GRenderWindow and use Qt's lifetime system
+    QWidget* child_widget = nullptr;
+
     EmuThread* emu_thread;
 
     /// Temporary storage of the screenshot taken
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp b/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp
index 2114a9c7e..6bf3b8171 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/config.cpp
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ void Config::ReadRendererValues() {
     Settings::values.shaders_accurate_mul =
         ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("shaders_accurate_mul"), false).toBool();
     Settings::values.use_shader_jit = ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("use_shader_jit"), true).toBool();
+    Settings::values.use_vsync_new = ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("use_vsync_new"), true).toBool();
     Settings::values.resolution_factor =
         static_cast<u16>(ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("resolution_factor"), 1).toInt());
-    Settings::values.vsync_enabled = ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("vsync_enabled"), false).toBool();
     Settings::values.use_frame_limit =
         ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("use_frame_limit"), true).toBool();
     Settings::values.frame_limit = ReadSetting(QStringLiteral("frame_limit"), 100).toInt();
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@ void Config::SaveRendererValues() {
     WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("shaders_accurate_mul"), Settings::values.shaders_accurate_mul,
                  false);
     WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("use_shader_jit"), Settings::values.use_shader_jit, true);
+    WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("use_vsync_new"), Settings::values.use_vsync_new, true);
     WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("resolution_factor"), Settings::values.resolution_factor, 1);
-    WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("vsync_enabled"), Settings::values.vsync_enabled, false);
     WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("use_frame_limit"), Settings::values.use_frame_limit, true);
     WriteSetting(QStringLiteral("frame_limit"), Settings::values.frame_limit, 100);
 
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp
index d04c0d6fe..b9dd4b468 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ConfigureGraphics::ConfigureGraphics(QWidget* parent)
     SetConfiguration();
 
     ui->hw_renderer_group->setEnabled(ui->toggle_hw_renderer->isChecked());
+    ui->toggle_vsync_new->setEnabled(!Core::System::GetInstance().IsPoweredOn());
+
     connect(ui->toggle_hw_renderer, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, [this] {
         auto checked = ui->toggle_hw_renderer->isChecked();
         ui->hw_renderer_group->setEnabled(checked);
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ void ConfigureGraphics::SetConfiguration() {
     ui->toggle_hw_shader->setChecked(Settings::values.use_hw_shader);
     ui->toggle_accurate_mul->setChecked(Settings::values.shaders_accurate_mul);
     ui->toggle_shader_jit->setChecked(Settings::values.use_shader_jit);
+    ui->toggle_vsync_new->setChecked(Settings::values.use_vsync_new);
 }
 
 void ConfigureGraphics::ApplyConfiguration() {
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ void ConfigureGraphics::ApplyConfiguration() {
     Settings::values.use_hw_shader = ui->toggle_hw_shader->isChecked();
     Settings::values.shaders_accurate_mul = ui->toggle_accurate_mul->isChecked();
     Settings::values.use_shader_jit = ui->toggle_shader_jit->isChecked();
+    Settings::values.use_vsync_new = ui->toggle_vsync_new->isChecked();
 }
 
 void ConfigureGraphics::RetranslateUI() {
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui
index 88b9a0caa..43f538558 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_graphics.ui
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Advanced</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="toggle_vsync_new">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>VSync prevents the screen from tearing, but some graphics cards have lower performance with VSync enabled. Keep it enabled if you don't notice a performance difference.</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Enable VSync</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
index 11da2be20..dd56f4b13 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 #include <clocale>
 #include <memory>
 #include <thread>
-#include <glad/glad.h>
-#define QT_NO_OPENGL
 #include <QDesktopWidget>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QOpenGLFunctions_3_3_Core>
 #include <QSysInfo>
 #include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <QtGui>
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@
 #include "core/file_sys/archive_extsavedata.h"
 #include "core/file_sys/archive_source_sd_savedata.h"
 #include "core/frontend/applets/default_applets.h"
+#include "core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h"
 #include "core/gdbstub/gdbstub.h"
 #include "core/hle/service/fs/archive.h"
 #include "core/hle/service/nfc/nfc.h"
@@ -768,13 +768,14 @@ bool GMainWindow::LoadROM(const QString& filename) {
         ShutdownGame();
 
     render_window->InitRenderTarget();
-    render_window->MakeCurrent();
+
+    Frontend::ScopeAcquireContext scope(*render_window);
 
     const QString below_gl33_title = tr("OpenGL 3.3 Unsupported");
     const QString below_gl33_message = tr("Your GPU may not support OpenGL 3.3, or you do not "
                                           "have the latest graphics driver.");
 
-    if (!gladLoadGL()) {
+    if (!QOpenGLContext::globalShareContext()->versionFunctions<QOpenGLFunctions_3_3_Core>()) {
         QMessageBox::critical(this, below_gl33_title, below_gl33_message);
         return false;
     }
@@ -893,9 +894,8 @@ void GMainWindow::BootGame(const QString& filename) {
         return;
 
     // Create and start the emulation thread
-    emu_thread = std::make_unique<EmuThread>(render_window);
+    emu_thread = std::make_unique<EmuThread>(*render_window);
     emit EmulationStarting(emu_thread.get());
-    render_window->moveContext();
     emu_thread->start();
 
     connect(render_window, &GRenderWindow::Closed, this, &GMainWindow::OnStopGame);
@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ void GMainWindow::ShutdownGame() {
     UpdateWindowTitle();
 
     game_path.clear();
+
+    // When closing the game, destroy the GLWindow to clear the context after the game is closed
+    render_window->ReleaseRenderTarget();
 }
 
 void GMainWindow::StoreRecentFile(const QString& filename) {
@@ -1869,14 +1872,33 @@ void GMainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) {
     QWidget::closeEvent(event);
 }
 
-static bool IsSingleFileDropEvent(QDropEvent* event) {
-    const QMimeData* mimeData = event->mimeData();
-    return mimeData->hasUrls() && mimeData->urls().length() == 1;
+static bool IsSingleFileDropEvent(const QMimeData* mime) {
+    return mime->hasUrls() && mime->urls().length() == 1;
 }
 
-void GMainWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent* event) {
-    if (!IsSingleFileDropEvent(event)) {
-        return;
+static const std::array<std::string, 8> AcceptedExtensions = {"cci",  "3ds", "cxi", "bin",
+                                                              "3dsx", "app", "elf", "axf"};
+
+static bool IsCorrectFileExtension(const QMimeData* mime) {
+    const QString& filename = mime->urls().at(0).toLocalFile();
+    return std::find(AcceptedExtensions.begin(), AcceptedExtensions.end(),
+                     QFileInfo(filename).suffix().toStdString()) != AcceptedExtensions.end();
+}
+
+static bool IsAcceptableDropEvent(QDropEvent* event) {
+    return IsSingleFileDropEvent(event->mimeData()) && IsCorrectFileExtension(event->mimeData());
+}
+
+void GMainWindow::AcceptDropEvent(QDropEvent* event) {
+    if (IsAcceptableDropEvent(event)) {
+        event->setDropAction(Qt::DropAction::LinkAction);
+        event->accept();
+    }
+}
+
+bool GMainWindow::DropAction(QDropEvent* event) {
+    if (!IsAcceptableDropEvent(event)) {
+        return false;
     }
 
     const QMimeData* mime_data = event->mimeData();
@@ -1891,16 +1913,19 @@ void GMainWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent* event) {
             BootGame(filename);
         }
     }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void GMainWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent* event) {
+    DropAction(event);
 }
 
 void GMainWindow::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent* event) {
-    if (IsSingleFileDropEvent(event)) {
-        event->acceptProposedAction();
-    }
+    AcceptDropEvent(event);
 }
 
 void GMainWindow::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent* event) {
-    event->acceptProposedAction();
+    AcceptDropEvent(event);
 }
 
 bool GMainWindow::ConfirmChangeGame() {
@@ -2050,11 +2075,20 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName("Citra team");
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("Citra");
 
+    QSurfaceFormat format;
+    format.setVersion(3, 3);
+    format.setProfile(QSurfaceFormat::CoreProfile);
+    format.setSwapInterval(0);
+    // TODO: expose a setting for buffer value (ie default/single/double/triple)
+    format.setSwapBehavior(QSurfaceFormat::DefaultSwapBehavior);
+    QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(format);
+
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     std::string bin_path = FileUtil::GetBundleDirectory() + DIR_SEP + "..";
     chdir(bin_path.c_str());
 #endif
-
+    QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontCheckOpenGLContextThreadAffinity);
+    QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_ShareOpenGLContexts);
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     // Qt changes the locale and causes issues in float conversion using std::to_string() when
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.h b/src/citra_qt/main.h
index 9c7888056..0fa04f5b8 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.h
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class QProgressBar;
 class RegistersWidget;
 class Updater;
 class WaitTreeWidget;
+
 namespace DiscordRPC {
 class DiscordInterface;
 }
@@ -69,8 +70,12 @@ public:
     GameList* game_list;
     std::unique_ptr<DiscordRPC::DiscordInterface> discord_rpc;
 
+    bool DropAction(QDropEvent* event);
+    void AcceptDropEvent(QDropEvent* event);
+
 public slots:
     void OnAppFocusStateChanged(Qt::ApplicationState state);
+
 signals:
 
     /**
@@ -78,8 +83,8 @@ signals:
      * about to start. At this time, the core system emulation has been initialized, and all
      * emulation handles and memory should be valid.
      *
-     * @param emu_thread Pointer to the newly created EmuThread (to be used by widgets that need to
-     *      access/change emulation state).
+     * @param emu_thread Pointer to the newly created EmuThread (to be used by widgets that need
+     * to access/change emulation state).
      */
     void EmulationStarting(EmuThread* emu_thread);
 
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a27d8f81..67167fe5d 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ add_library(core STATIC
     frontend/input.h
     frontend/mic.h
     frontend/mic.cpp
+    frontend/scope_acquire_context.cpp
+    frontend/scope_acquire_context.h
     gdbstub/gdbstub.cpp
     gdbstub/gdbstub.h
     hle/applets/applet.cpp
diff --git a/src/core/frontend/emu_window.cpp b/src/core/frontend/emu_window.cpp
index 4fc285fee..f393e4c76 100644
--- a/src/core/frontend/emu_window.cpp
+++ b/src/core/frontend/emu_window.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace Frontend {
 
+GraphicsContext::~GraphicsContext() = default;
+
 class EmuWindow::TouchState : public Input::Factory<Input::TouchDevice>,
                               public std::enable_shared_from_this<TouchState> {
 public:
diff --git a/src/core/frontend/emu_window.h b/src/core/frontend/emu_window.h
index f2878b202..df6203842 100644
--- a/src/core/frontend/emu_window.h
+++ b/src/core/frontend/emu_window.h
@@ -12,6 +12,61 @@
 
 namespace Frontend {
 
+struct Frame;
+/**
+ * For smooth Vsync rendering, we want to always present the latest frame that the core generates,
+ * but also make sure that rendering happens at the pace that the frontend dictates. This is a
+ * helper class that the renderer can define to sync frames between the render thread and the
+ * presentation thread
+ */
+class TextureMailbox {
+public:
+    virtual ~TextureMailbox() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * Recreate the render objects attached to this frame with the new specified width/height
+     */
+    virtual void ReloadRenderFrame(Frontend::Frame* frame, u32 width, u32 height) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Recreate the presentation objects attached to this frame with the new specified width/height
+     */
+    virtual void ReloadPresentFrame(Frontend::Frame* frame, u32 width, u32 height) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Render thread calls this to get an available frame to present
+     */
+    virtual Frontend::Frame* GetRenderFrame() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Render thread calls this after draw commands are done to add to the presentation mailbox
+     */
+    virtual void ReleaseRenderFrame(Frame* frame) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Presentation thread calls this to get the latest frame available to present. If there is no
+     * frame available after timeout, returns the previous frame. If there is no previous frame it
+     * returns nullptr
+     */
+    virtual Frontend::Frame* TryGetPresentFrame(int timeout_ms) = 0;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Represents a graphics context that can be used for background computation or drawing. If the
+ * graphics backend doesn't require the context, then the implementation of these methods can be
+ * stubs
+ */
+class GraphicsContext {
+public:
+    virtual ~GraphicsContext();
+
+    /// Makes the graphics context current for the caller thread
+    virtual void MakeCurrent() = 0;
+
+    /// Releases (dunno if this is the "right" word) the context from the caller thread
+    virtual void DoneCurrent() = 0;
+};
+
 /**
  * Abstraction class used to provide an interface between emulation code and the frontend
  * (e.g. SDL, QGLWidget, GLFW, etc...).
@@ -30,7 +85,7 @@ namespace Frontend {
  * - DO NOT TREAT THIS CLASS AS A GUI TOOLKIT ABSTRACTION LAYER. That's not what it is. Please
  *   re-read the upper points again and think about it if you don't see this.
  */
-class EmuWindow {
+class EmuWindow : public GraphicsContext {
 public:
     /// Data structure to store emuwindow configuration
     struct WindowConfig {
@@ -40,17 +95,21 @@ public:
         std::pair<unsigned, unsigned> min_client_area_size;
     };
 
-    /// Swap buffers to display the next frame
-    virtual void SwapBuffers() = 0;
-
     /// Polls window events
     virtual void PollEvents() = 0;
 
-    /// Makes the graphics context current for the caller thread
-    virtual void MakeCurrent() = 0;
-
-    /// Releases (dunno if this is the "right" word) the GLFW context from the caller thread
-    virtual void DoneCurrent() = 0;
+    /**
+     * Returns a GraphicsContext that the frontend provides that is shared with the emu window. This
+     * context can be used from other threads for background graphics computation. If the frontend
+     * is using a graphics backend that doesn't need anything specific to run on a different thread,
+     * then it can use a stubbed implemenation for GraphicsContext.
+     *
+     * If the return value is null, then the core should assume that the frontend cannot provide a
+     * Shared Context
+     */
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<GraphicsContext> CreateSharedContext() const {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Signal that a touch pressed event has occurred (e.g. mouse click pressed)
@@ -102,6 +161,8 @@ public:
      */
     void UpdateCurrentFramebufferLayout(unsigned width, unsigned height);
 
+    std::unique_ptr<TextureMailbox> mailbox = nullptr;
+
 protected:
     EmuWindow();
     virtual ~EmuWindow();
@@ -131,15 +192,6 @@ protected:
         framebuffer_layout = layout;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Update internal client area size with the given parameter.
-     * @note EmuWindow implementations will usually use this in window resize event handlers.
-     */
-    void NotifyClientAreaSizeChanged(const std::pair<unsigned, unsigned>& size) {
-        client_area_width = size.first;
-        client_area_height = size.second;
-    }
-
 private:
     /**
      * Handler called when the minimal client area was requested to be changed via SetConfig.
@@ -152,9 +204,6 @@ private:
 
     Layout::FramebufferLayout framebuffer_layout; ///< Current framebuffer layout
 
-    unsigned client_area_width;  ///< Current client width, should be set by window impl.
-    unsigned client_area_height; ///< Current client height, should be set by window impl.
-
     WindowConfig config;        ///< Internal configuration (changes pending for being applied in
                                 /// ProcessConfigurationChanges)
     WindowConfig active_config; ///< Internal active configuration
diff --git a/src/core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.cpp b/src/core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3689483af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include "core/frontend/emu_window.h"
+#include "core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h"
+
+namespace Frontend {
+
+ScopeAcquireContext::ScopeAcquireContext(Frontend::GraphicsContext& context) : context{context} {
+    context.MakeCurrent();
+}
+ScopeAcquireContext::~ScopeAcquireContext() {
+    context.DoneCurrent();
+}
+
+} // namespace Frontend
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h b/src/core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12ab61ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/frontend/scope_acquire_context.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+
+namespace Frontend {
+
+class GraphicsContext;
+
+/// Helper class to acquire/release window context within a given scope
+class ScopeAcquireContext : NonCopyable {
+public:
+    explicit ScopeAcquireContext(Frontend::GraphicsContext& context);
+    ~ScopeAcquireContext();
+
+private:
+    Frontend::GraphicsContext& context;
+};
+
+} // namespace Frontend
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/settings.cpp b/src/core/settings.cpp
index 92409364f..81a6d7db6 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/core/settings.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ void LogSettings() {
     LogSetting("Renderer_ShadersAccurateMul", Settings::values.shaders_accurate_mul);
     LogSetting("Renderer_UseShaderJit", Settings::values.use_shader_jit);
     LogSetting("Renderer_UseResolutionFactor", Settings::values.resolution_factor);
-    LogSetting("Renderer_VsyncEnabled", Settings::values.vsync_enabled);
     LogSetting("Renderer_UseFrameLimit", Settings::values.use_frame_limit);
     LogSetting("Renderer_FrameLimit", Settings::values.frame_limit);
     LogSetting("Renderer_PostProcessingShader", Settings::values.pp_shader_name);
diff --git a/src/core/settings.h b/src/core/settings.h
index 213cc3ec3..d7d351a4c 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.h
+++ b/src/core/settings.h
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ struct Values {
     bool shaders_accurate_mul;
     bool use_shader_jit;
     u16 resolution_factor;
-    bool vsync_enabled;
     bool use_frame_limit;
     u16 frame_limit;
 
@@ -174,6 +173,8 @@ struct Values {
     bool custom_textures;
     bool preload_textures;
 
+    bool use_vsync_new;
+
     // Audio
     bool enable_dsp_lle;
     bool enable_dsp_lle_multithread;
diff --git a/src/core/telemetry_session.cpp b/src/core/telemetry_session.cpp
index 274257eab..e9ec39b76 100644
--- a/src/core/telemetry_session.cpp
+++ b/src/core/telemetry_session.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ void TelemetrySession::AddInitialInfo(Loader::AppLoader& app_loader) {
              Settings::values.shaders_accurate_mul);
     AddField(Telemetry::FieldType::UserConfig, "Renderer_UseShaderJit",
              Settings::values.use_shader_jit);
-    AddField(Telemetry::FieldType::UserConfig, "Renderer_UseVsync", Settings::values.vsync_enabled);
     AddField(Telemetry::FieldType::UserConfig, "Renderer_FilterMode", Settings::values.filter_mode);
     AddField(Telemetry::FieldType::UserConfig, "Renderer_Render3d",
              static_cast<int>(Settings::values.render_3d));
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_base.h b/src/video_core/renderer_base.h
index 963107f1e..b1ee6a973 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_base.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_base.h
@@ -19,21 +19,22 @@ class Backend;
 
 class RendererBase : NonCopyable {
 public:
-    /// Used to reference a framebuffer
-    enum kFramebuffer { kFramebuffer_VirtualXFB = 0, kFramebuffer_EFB, kFramebuffer_Texture };
-
     explicit RendererBase(Frontend::EmuWindow& window);
     virtual ~RendererBase();
 
-    /// Swap buffers (render frame)
-    virtual void SwapBuffers() = 0;
-
     /// Initialize the renderer
     virtual Core::System::ResultStatus Init() = 0;
 
     /// Shutdown the renderer
     virtual void ShutDown() = 0;
 
+    /// Finalize rendering the guest frame and draw into the presentation texture
+    virtual void SwapBuffers() = 0;
+
+    /// Draws the latest frame to the window waiting timeout_ms for a frame to arrive (Renderer
+    /// specific implementation)
+    virtual void TryPresent(int timeout_ms) = 0;
+
     /// Prepares for video dumping (e.g. create necessary buffers, etc)
     virtual void PrepareVideoDumping() = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.cpp
index 1cffc8ea7..836cbb90c 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ MICROPROFILE_DEFINE(OpenGL_ResourceDeletion, "OpenGL", "Resource Deletion", MP_R
 
 namespace OpenGL {
 
+void OGLRenderbuffer::Create() {
+    if (handle != 0)
+        return;
+
+    MICROPROFILE_SCOPE(OpenGL_ResourceCreation);
+    glGenRenderbuffers(1, &handle);
+}
+
+void OGLRenderbuffer::Release() {
+    if (handle == 0)
+        return;
+
+    MICROPROFILE_SCOPE(OpenGL_ResourceDeletion);
+    glDeleteRenderbuffers(1, &handle);
+    OpenGLState::GetCurState().ResetRenderbuffer(handle).Apply();
+    handle = 0;
+}
+
 void OGLTexture::Create() {
     if (handle != 0)
         return;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.h
index ce7f7fbfb..7f94c8a39 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_resource_manager.h
@@ -12,6 +12,31 @@
 
 namespace OpenGL {
 
+class OGLRenderbuffer : private NonCopyable {
+public:
+    OGLRenderbuffer() = default;
+
+    OGLRenderbuffer(OGLRenderbuffer&& o) noexcept : handle(std::exchange(o.handle, 0)) {}
+
+    ~OGLRenderbuffer() {
+        Release();
+    }
+
+    OGLRenderbuffer& operator=(OGLRenderbuffer&& o) noexcept {
+        Release();
+        handle = std::exchange(o.handle, 0);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new internal OpenGL resource and stores the handle
+    void Create();
+
+    /// Deletes the internal OpenGL resource
+    void Release();
+
+    GLuint handle = 0;
+};
+
 class OGLTexture : private NonCopyable {
 public:
     OGLTexture() = default;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.cpp
index 17bf2b2f7..3e15d64b9 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ OpenGLState::OpenGLState() {
     viewport.height = 0;
 
     clip_distance = {};
+
+    renderbuffer = 0;
 }
 
 void OpenGLState::Apply() const {
@@ -337,6 +339,10 @@ void OpenGLState::Apply() const {
         }
     }
 
+    if (renderbuffer != cur_state.renderbuffer) {
+        glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, renderbuffer);
+    }
+
     cur_state = *this;
 }
 
@@ -422,4 +428,11 @@ OpenGLState& OpenGLState::ResetFramebuffer(GLuint handle) {
     return *this;
 }
 
+OpenGLState& OpenGLState::ResetRenderbuffer(GLuint handle) {
+    if (renderbuffer == handle) {
+        renderbuffer = 0;
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
 } // namespace OpenGL
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.h
index b1842a820..cc7a864a2 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_state.h
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ public:
 
     std::array<bool, 2> clip_distance; // GL_CLIP_DISTANCE
 
+    GLuint renderbuffer; // GL_RENDERBUFFER_BINDING
+
     OpenGLState();
 
     /// Get the currently active OpenGL state
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ public:
     OpenGLState& ResetBuffer(GLuint handle);
     OpenGLState& ResetVertexArray(GLuint handle);
     OpenGLState& ResetFramebuffer(GLuint handle);
+    OpenGLState& ResetRenderbuffer(GLuint handle);
 
 private:
     static OpenGLState cur_state;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp
index 8de06a7d2..4526330d1 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.cpp
@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
+#include <condition_variable>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <deque>
 #include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <glad/glad.h>
+#include <queue>
 #include "common/assert.h"
 #include "common/bit_field.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
+#include "common/microprofile.h"
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/core_timing.h"
 #include "core/dumping/backend.h"
@@ -28,8 +34,151 @@
 #include "video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h"
 #include "video_core/video_core.h"
 
+namespace Frontend {
+
+struct Frame {
+    u32 width{};                      /// Width of the frame (to detect resize)
+    u32 height{};                     /// Height of the frame
+    bool color_reloaded = false;      /// Texture attachment was recreated (ie: resized)
+    OpenGL::OGLRenderbuffer color{};  /// Buffer shared between the render/present FBO
+    OpenGL::OGLFramebuffer render{};  /// FBO created on the render thread
+    OpenGL::OGLFramebuffer present{}; /// FBO created on the present thread
+    GLsync render_fence{};            /// Fence created on the render thread
+    GLsync present_fence{};           /// Fence created on the presentation thread
+};
+} // namespace Frontend
+
 namespace OpenGL {
 
+// If the size of this is too small, it ends up creating a soft cap on FPS as the renderer will have
+// to wait on available presentation frames. There doesn't seem to be much of a downside to a larger
+// number but 9 swap textures at 60FPS presentation allows for 800% speed so thats probably fine
+constexpr std::size_t SWAP_CHAIN_SIZE = 9;
+
+class OGLTextureMailbox : public Frontend::TextureMailbox {
+public:
+    std::mutex swap_chain_lock;
+    std::condition_variable free_cv;
+    std::condition_variable present_cv;
+    std::array<Frontend::Frame, SWAP_CHAIN_SIZE> swap_chain{};
+    std::queue<Frontend::Frame*> free_queue{};
+    std::deque<Frontend::Frame*> present_queue{};
+    Frontend::Frame* previous_frame = nullptr;
+
+    OGLTextureMailbox() {
+        for (auto& frame : swap_chain) {
+            free_queue.push(&frame);
+        }
+    }
+
+    ~OGLTextureMailbox() override {
+        // lock the mutex and clear out the present and free_queues and notify any people who are
+        // blocked to prevent deadlock on shutdown
+        std::scoped_lock lock(swap_chain_lock);
+        std::queue<Frontend::Frame*>().swap(free_queue);
+        present_queue.clear();
+        free_cv.notify_all();
+        present_cv.notify_all();
+    }
+
+    void ReloadPresentFrame(Frontend::Frame* frame, u32 height, u32 width) override {
+        frame->present.Release();
+        frame->present.Create();
+        GLint previous_draw_fbo{};
+        glGetIntegerv(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER_BINDING, &previous_draw_fbo);
+        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, frame->present.handle);
+        glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_RENDERBUFFER,
+                                  frame->color.handle);
+        if (!glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER) == GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE) {
+            LOG_CRITICAL(Render_OpenGL, "Failed to recreate present FBO!");
+        }
+        glBindFramebuffer(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, previous_draw_fbo);
+        frame->color_reloaded = false;
+    }
+
+    void ReloadRenderFrame(Frontend::Frame* frame, u32 width, u32 height) override {
+        OpenGLState prev_state = OpenGLState::GetCurState();
+        OpenGLState state = OpenGLState::GetCurState();
+
+        // Recreate the color texture attachment
+        frame->color.Release();
+        frame->color.Create();
+        state.renderbuffer = frame->color.handle;
+        state.Apply();
+        glRenderbufferStorage(GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL_RGBA, width, height);
+
+        // Recreate the FBO for the render target
+        frame->render.Release();
+        frame->render.Create();
+        state.draw.read_framebuffer = frame->render.handle;
+        state.draw.draw_framebuffer = frame->render.handle;
+        state.Apply();
+        glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_RENDERBUFFER,
+                                  frame->color.handle);
+        if (!glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER) == GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE) {
+            LOG_CRITICAL(Render_OpenGL, "Failed to recreate render FBO!");
+        }
+        prev_state.Apply();
+        frame->width = width;
+        frame->height = height;
+        frame->color_reloaded = true;
+    }
+
+    Frontend::Frame* GetRenderFrame() override {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(swap_chain_lock);
+        // wait for new entries in the free_queue
+        // we want to break at some point to prevent a softlock on close if the presentation thread
+        // stops consuming buffers
+        free_cv.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::milliseconds(100), [&] { return !free_queue.empty(); });
+
+        // If theres no free frames, we will reuse the oldest render frame
+        if (free_queue.empty()) {
+            auto frame = present_queue.back();
+            present_queue.pop_back();
+            return frame;
+        }
+
+        Frontend::Frame* frame = free_queue.front();
+        free_queue.pop();
+        return frame;
+    }
+
+    void ReleaseRenderFrame(Frontend::Frame* frame) override {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(swap_chain_lock);
+        present_queue.push_front(frame);
+        present_cv.notify_one();
+    }
+
+    Frontend::Frame* TryGetPresentFrame(int timeout_ms) override {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(swap_chain_lock);
+        // wait for new entries in the present_queue
+        present_cv.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout_ms),
+                            [&] { return !present_queue.empty(); });
+        if (present_queue.empty()) {
+            // timed out waiting for a frame to draw so return the previous frame
+            return previous_frame;
+        }
+
+        // free the previous frame and add it back to the free queue
+        if (previous_frame) {
+            free_queue.push(previous_frame);
+            free_cv.notify_one();
+        }
+
+        // the newest entries are pushed to the front of the queue
+        Frontend::Frame* frame = present_queue.front();
+        present_queue.pop_front();
+        // remove all old entries from the present queue and move them back to the free_queue
+        for (auto f : present_queue) {
+            free_queue.push(f);
+        }
+        free_cv.notify_one();
+        present_queue.clear();
+        previous_frame = frame;
+        return frame;
+    }
+};
+
 static const char vertex_shader[] = R"(
 in vec2 vert_position;
 in vec2 vert_tex_coord;
@@ -53,7 +202,7 @@ void main() {
 
 static const char fragment_shader[] = R"(
 in vec2 frag_tex_coord;
-out vec4 color;
+layout(location = 0) out vec4 color;
 
 uniform vec4 i_resolution;
 uniform vec4 o_resolution;
@@ -130,15 +279,127 @@ static std::array<GLfloat, 3 * 2> MakeOrthographicMatrix(const float width, cons
     return matrix;
 }
 
-RendererOpenGL::RendererOpenGL(Frontend::EmuWindow& window) : RendererBase{window} {}
+RendererOpenGL::RendererOpenGL(Frontend::EmuWindow& window) : RendererBase{window} {
+    window.mailbox = std::make_unique<OGLTextureMailbox>();
+}
+
 RendererOpenGL::~RendererOpenGL() = default;
 
+MICROPROFILE_DEFINE(OpenGL_RenderFrame, "OpenGL", "Render Frame", MP_RGB(128, 128, 64));
+MICROPROFILE_DEFINE(OpenGL_WaitPresent, "OpenGL", "Wait For Present", MP_RGB(128, 128, 128));
+
 /// Swap buffers (render frame)
 void RendererOpenGL::SwapBuffers() {
     // Maintain the rasterizer's state as a priority
     OpenGLState prev_state = OpenGLState::GetCurState();
     state.Apply();
 
+    PrepareRendertarget();
+
+    RenderScreenshot();
+
+    RenderVideoDumping();
+
+    const auto& layout = render_window.GetFramebufferLayout();
+
+    Frontend::Frame* frame;
+    {
+        MICROPROFILE_SCOPE(OpenGL_WaitPresent);
+
+        frame = render_window.mailbox->GetRenderFrame();
+
+        // Clean up sync objects before drawing
+
+        // INTEL driver workaround. We can't delete the previous render sync object until we are
+        // sure that the presentation is done
+        if (frame->present_fence) {
+            glClientWaitSync(frame->present_fence, 0, GL_TIMEOUT_IGNORED);
+        }
+
+        // delete the draw fence if the frame wasn't presented
+        if (frame->render_fence) {
+            glDeleteSync(frame->render_fence);
+            frame->render_fence = 0;
+        }
+
+        // wait for the presentation to be done
+        if (frame->present_fence) {
+            glWaitSync(frame->present_fence, 0, GL_TIMEOUT_IGNORED);
+            glDeleteSync(frame->present_fence);
+            frame->present_fence = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    {
+        MICROPROFILE_SCOPE(OpenGL_RenderFrame);
+        // Recreate the frame if the size of the window has changed
+        if (layout.width != frame->width || layout.height != frame->height) {
+            LOG_DEBUG(Render_OpenGL, "Reloading render frame");
+            render_window.mailbox->ReloadRenderFrame(frame, layout.width, layout.height);
+        }
+
+        GLuint render_texture = frame->color.handle;
+        state.draw.draw_framebuffer = frame->render.handle;
+        state.Apply();
+        DrawScreens(layout);
+        // Create a fence for the frontend to wait on and swap this frame to OffTex
+        frame->render_fence = glFenceSync(GL_SYNC_GPU_COMMANDS_COMPLETE, 0);
+        glFlush();
+        render_window.mailbox->ReleaseRenderFrame(frame);
+        m_current_frame++;
+    }
+
+    Core::System::GetInstance().perf_stats->EndSystemFrame();
+
+    render_window.PollEvents();
+
+    Core::System::GetInstance().frame_limiter.DoFrameLimiting(
+        Core::System::GetInstance().CoreTiming().GetGlobalTimeUs());
+    Core::System::GetInstance().perf_stats->BeginSystemFrame();
+
+    prev_state.Apply();
+    RefreshRasterizerSetting();
+
+    if (Pica::g_debug_context && Pica::g_debug_context->recorder) {
+        Pica::g_debug_context->recorder->FrameFinished();
+    }
+}
+
+void RendererOpenGL::RenderScreenshot() {
+    if (VideoCore::g_renderer_screenshot_requested) {
+        // Draw this frame to the screenshot framebuffer
+        screenshot_framebuffer.Create();
+        GLuint old_read_fb = state.draw.read_framebuffer;
+        GLuint old_draw_fb = state.draw.draw_framebuffer;
+        state.draw.read_framebuffer = state.draw.draw_framebuffer = screenshot_framebuffer.handle;
+        state.Apply();
+
+        Layout::FramebufferLayout layout{VideoCore::g_screenshot_framebuffer_layout};
+
+        GLuint renderbuffer;
+        glGenRenderbuffers(1, &renderbuffer);
+        glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, renderbuffer);
+        glRenderbufferStorage(GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL_RGB8, layout.width, layout.height);
+        glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_RENDERBUFFER,
+                                  renderbuffer);
+
+        DrawScreens(layout);
+
+        glReadPixels(0, 0, layout.width, layout.height, GL_BGRA, GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV,
+                     VideoCore::g_screenshot_bits);
+
+        screenshot_framebuffer.Release();
+        state.draw.read_framebuffer = old_read_fb;
+        state.draw.draw_framebuffer = old_draw_fb;
+        state.Apply();
+        glDeleteRenderbuffers(1, &renderbuffer);
+
+        VideoCore::g_screenshot_complete_callback();
+        VideoCore::g_renderer_screenshot_requested = false;
+    }
+}
+
+void RendererOpenGL::PrepareRendertarget() {
     for (int i : {0, 1, 2}) {
         int fb_id = i == 2 ? 1 : 0;
         const auto& framebuffer = GPU::g_regs.framebuffer_config[fb_id];
@@ -173,39 +434,9 @@ void RendererOpenGL::SwapBuffers() {
             screen_infos[i].texture.height = framebuffer.height;
         }
     }
+}
 
-    if (VideoCore::g_renderer_screenshot_requested) {
-        // Draw this frame to the screenshot framebuffer
-        screenshot_framebuffer.Create();
-        GLuint old_read_fb = state.draw.read_framebuffer;
-        GLuint old_draw_fb = state.draw.draw_framebuffer;
-        state.draw.read_framebuffer = state.draw.draw_framebuffer = screenshot_framebuffer.handle;
-        state.Apply();
-
-        Layout::FramebufferLayout layout{VideoCore::g_screenshot_framebuffer_layout};
-
-        GLuint renderbuffer;
-        glGenRenderbuffers(1, &renderbuffer);
-        glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, renderbuffer);
-        glRenderbufferStorage(GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL_RGB8, layout.width, layout.height);
-        glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_RENDERBUFFER,
-                                  renderbuffer);
-
-        DrawScreens(layout);
-
-        glReadPixels(0, 0, layout.width, layout.height, GL_BGRA, GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV,
-                     VideoCore::g_screenshot_bits);
-
-        screenshot_framebuffer.Release();
-        state.draw.read_framebuffer = old_read_fb;
-        state.draw.draw_framebuffer = old_draw_fb;
-        state.Apply();
-        glDeleteRenderbuffers(1, &renderbuffer);
-
-        VideoCore::g_screenshot_complete_callback();
-        VideoCore::g_renderer_screenshot_requested = false;
-    }
-
+void RendererOpenGL::RenderVideoDumping() {
     if (cleanup_video_dumping.exchange(false)) {
         ReleaseVideoDumpingGLObjects();
     }
@@ -230,31 +461,9 @@ void RendererOpenGL::SwapBuffers() {
 
         glUnmapBuffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER);
         glBindBuffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, 0);
-        glBindFramebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
-        glBindFramebuffer(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
         current_pbo = (current_pbo + 1) % 2;
         next_pbo = (current_pbo + 1) % 2;
     }
-
-    DrawScreens(render_window.GetFramebufferLayout());
-    m_current_frame++;
-
-    Core::System::GetInstance().perf_stats->EndSystemFrame();
-
-    // Swap buffers
-    render_window.PollEvents();
-    render_window.SwapBuffers();
-
-    Core::System::GetInstance().frame_limiter.DoFrameLimiting(
-        Core::System::GetInstance().CoreTiming().GetGlobalTimeUs());
-    Core::System::GetInstance().perf_stats->BeginSystemFrame();
-
-    prev_state.Apply();
-    RefreshRasterizerSetting();
-
-    if (Pica::g_debug_context && Pica::g_debug_context->recorder) {
-        Pica::g_debug_context->recorder->FrameFinished();
-    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -669,6 +878,41 @@ void RendererOpenGL::DrawScreens(const Layout::FramebufferLayout& layout) {
     }
 }
 
+void RendererOpenGL::TryPresent(int timeout_ms) {
+    const auto& layout = render_window.GetFramebufferLayout();
+    auto frame = render_window.mailbox->TryGetPresentFrame(timeout_ms);
+    if (!frame) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Render_OpenGL, "TryGetPresentFrame returned no frame to present");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Clearing before a full overwrite of a fbo can signal to drivers that they can avoid a
+    // readback since we won't be doing any blending
+    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+
+    // Recreate the presentation FBO if the color attachment was changed
+    if (frame->color_reloaded) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Render_OpenGL, "Reloading present frame");
+        render_window.mailbox->ReloadPresentFrame(frame, layout.width, layout.height);
+    }
+    glWaitSync(frame->render_fence, 0, GL_TIMEOUT_IGNORED);
+    // INTEL workaround.
+    // Normally we could just delete the draw fence here, but due to driver bugs, we can just delete
+    // it on the emulation thread without too much penalty
+    // glDeleteSync(frame.render_sync);
+    // frame.render_sync = 0;
+
+    glBindFramebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, frame->present.handle);
+    glBlitFramebuffer(0, 0, frame->width, frame->height, 0, 0, layout.width, layout.height,
+                      GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT, GL_LINEAR);
+
+    /* insert fence for the main thread to block on */
+    frame->present_fence = glFenceSync(GL_SYNC_GPU_COMMANDS_COMPLETE, 0);
+    glFlush();
+
+    glBindFramebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
+}
+
 /// Updates the framerate
 void RendererOpenGL::UpdateFramerate() {}
 
@@ -766,7 +1010,9 @@ static void APIENTRY DebugHandler(GLenum source, GLenum type, GLuint id, GLenum
 
 /// Initialize the renderer
 Core::System::ResultStatus RendererOpenGL::Init() {
-    render_window.MakeCurrent();
+    if (!gladLoadGL()) {
+        return Core::System::ResultStatus::ErrorVideoCore_ErrorBelowGL33;
+    }
 
     if (GLAD_GL_KHR_debug) {
         glEnable(GL_DEBUG_OUTPUT);
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h
index 19f31ab52..40c850b78 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/renderer_opengl.h
@@ -36,20 +36,30 @@ struct ScreenInfo {
     TextureInfo texture;
 };
 
+struct PresentationTexture {
+    u32 width = 0;
+    u32 height = 0;
+    OGLTexture texture;
+};
+
 class RendererOpenGL : public RendererBase {
 public:
     explicit RendererOpenGL(Frontend::EmuWindow& window);
     ~RendererOpenGL() override;
 
-    /// Swap buffers (render frame)
-    void SwapBuffers() override;
-
     /// Initialize the renderer
     Core::System::ResultStatus Init() override;
 
     /// Shutdown the renderer
     void ShutDown() override;
 
+    /// Finalizes rendering the guest frame
+    void SwapBuffers() override;
+
+    /// Draws the latest frame from texture mailbox to the currently bound draw framebuffer in this
+    /// context
+    void TryPresent(int timeout_ms) override;
+
     /// Prepares for video dumping (e.g. create necessary buffers, etc)
     void PrepareVideoDumping() override;
 
@@ -60,6 +70,9 @@ private:
     void InitOpenGLObjects();
     void ReloadSampler();
     void ReloadShader();
+    void PrepareRendertarget();
+    void RenderScreenshot();
+    void RenderVideoDumping();
     void ConfigureFramebufferTexture(TextureInfo& texture,
                                      const GPU::Regs::FramebufferConfig& framebuffer);
     void DrawScreens(const Layout::FramebufferLayout& layout);