diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Src/Common.h b/Source/Core/Common/Src/Common.h
index 7b1a9f626d..8fc58c8248 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Src/Common.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Src/Common.h
@@ -143,4 +143,8 @@ extern const char *netplay_dolphin_ver;
 #define _M_SSE 0x301
 #endif
 
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1500 // Visual Studio 2008
+#define _M_SSE 0x401
+#endif
+
 #endif // _COMMON_H_
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/FramebufferManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/FramebufferManager.cpp
index 79d162d558..f0eda8faf9 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/FramebufferManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/FramebufferManager.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void FramebufferManager::Create()
 	D3D::SetDebugObjectName((ID3D11DeviceChild*)m_efb.color_tex->GetSRV(), "EFB color texture shader resource view");
 
 	// create a staging texture for Renderer::AccessEFB
-	texdesc = CD3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC(DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, D3D11_USAGE_STAGING, D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE|D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ);
+	texdesc = CD3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC(DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, D3D11_USAGE_STAGING, D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ);
 	hr = D3D::device->CreateTexture2D(&texdesc, NULL, &m_efb.color_staging_buf);
 	CHECK(hr==S_OK, "create EFB color staging buffer (hr=%#x)", hr);
 	D3D::SetDebugObjectName((ID3D11DeviceChild*)m_efb.color_staging_buf, "EFB color staging texture (used for Renderer::AccessEFB)");
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void FramebufferManager::Create()
 	D3D::SetDebugObjectName((ID3D11DeviceChild*)m_efb.depth_read_texture->GetRTV(), "EFB depth read texture render target view (used in Renderer::AccessEFB)");
 
 	// staging texture to which we copy the data from m_efb.depth_read_texture
-	texdesc = CD3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC(DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, D3D11_USAGE_STAGING, D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ|D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	texdesc = CD3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC(DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, D3D11_USAGE_STAGING, D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ);
 	hr = D3D::device->CreateTexture2D(&texdesc, NULL, &m_efb.depth_staging_buf);
 	CHECK(hr==S_OK, "create EFB depth staging buffer (hr=%#x)", hr);
 	D3D::SetDebugObjectName((ID3D11DeviceChild*)m_efb.depth_staging_buf, "EFB depth staging texture (used for Renderer::AccessEFB)");