diff --git a/gfx/drivers/d3d.c b/gfx/drivers/d3d.c
index 260fd7f0a5..0426a53dae 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/d3d.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/d3d.c
@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ static void d3d_set_viewport(void *data,
       bool force_full,
       bool allow_rotate)
 {
-   D3DMATRIX proj, ortho, rot, matrix;
    D3DVIEWPORT viewport;
    int x               = 0;
    int y               = 0;
@@ -801,12 +800,6 @@ static void d3d_set_viewport(void *data,
 
    if (d3d->renderchain_driver && d3d->renderchain_driver->set_font_rect)
       d3d->renderchain_driver->set_font_rect(d3d, NULL);
-
-   d3d_matrix_ortho_off_center_lh(&ortho, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-   d3d_matrix_identity(&rot);
-   d3d_matrix_rotation_z(&rot, d3d->dev_rotation * (M_PI / 2.0));
-   d3d_matrix_multiply(&proj, &ortho, &rot);
-   d3d_matrix_transpose(&d3d->mvp, &matrix);
 }
 
 static bool d3d_initialize(d3d_video_t *d3d, const video_info_t *info)
@@ -1163,15 +1156,15 @@ static bool d3d_init_internal(d3d_video_t *d3d,
    return true;
 }
 
-static void d3d_set_rotation(void *data, unsigned val)
+static void d3d_set_rotation(void *data, unsigned rot)
 {
    d3d_video_t *d3d = (d3d_video_t*)data;
+   struct video_ortho ortho = {0, 1, 0, 1, -1, 1};
 
    if (!d3d)
       return;
 
-   d3d->dev_rotation  = val;
-   d3d->should_resize = true;
+   d3d->dev_rotation = rot;
 }
 
 static void d3d_show_mouse(void *data, bool state)
@@ -1514,7 +1507,6 @@ static bool d3d_frame(void *data, const void *frame,
       d3d_clear(d3d->dev, 0, 0, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, 0, 1, 0);
    }
 
-
    if (!d3d->renderchain_driver->render(
             d3d,
             frame, frame_width, frame_height,
@@ -1722,9 +1714,6 @@ static void video_texture_load_d3d(d3d_video_t *d3d,
    unsigned usage        = 0;
    bool want_mipmap      = false;
 
-   if (!d3d || !ti || ti->width == 0 || ti->height == 0)
-      return;
-
 #ifndef HAVE_D3D8
    if((filter_type == TEXTURE_FILTER_MIPMAP_LINEAR) ||
       (filter_type == TEXTURE_FILTER_MIPMAP_NEAREST))
diff --git a/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d8_renderchain.c b/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d8_renderchain.c
index 32098122c3..c3614a8d9e 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d8_renderchain.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d8_renderchain.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void d3d8_renderchain_set_vertices(void *data, unsigned pass,
       tex_w              = vert_width;
       tex_h              = vert_height;
 
-      vert[0].x        =  0.0f;
+      vert[0].x        = -1.0f;
       vert[0].y        =  1.0f;
       vert[0].z        =  1.0f;
 
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ static void d3d8_renderchain_set_vertices(void *data, unsigned pass,
       vert[1].y        =  1.0f;
       vert[1].z        =  1.0f;
 
-      vert[2].x        =  0.0f;
-      vert[2].y        =  0.0f;
+      vert[2].x        = -1.0f;
+      vert[2].y        = -1.0f;
       vert[2].z        =  1.0f;
 
       vert[3].x        =  1.0f;
-      vert[3].y        =  0.0f;
+      vert[3].y        = -1.0f;
       vert[3].z        =  1.0f;
 
       vert[0].u        = 0.0f;
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void d3d8_renderchain_render_pass(
    d3d_set_viewports(chain->dev, &d3d->final_viewport);
    d3d_set_vertex_shader(d3dr, D3DFVF_CUSTOMVERTEX, NULL);
    d3d_set_stream_source(d3dr, 0, chain->vertex_buf, 0, sizeof(Vertex));
-   d3d8_renderchain_set_mvp(d3d, chain, NULL, &d3d->mvp);
+   d3d8_renderchain_set_mvp(d3d, chain, NULL, NULL);
    d3d_draw_primitive(d3dr, D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP, 0, 2);
 }