diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/GuiHost.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/GuiHost.java
index 3bb925423..51dc56454 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/GuiHost.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/GuiHost.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.awt.EventQueue;
 import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.desktop.QuitResponse;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -75,6 +76,18 @@ public final class GuiHost {
         return frame;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Wraps rendered pixels in an image Java2D draws straight from memory. Left to itself Java2D copies every image it
+     * draws into a texture inside the display server; with a map's hundreds of tiles that crashed Xwayland's Intel driver
+     * and took every X window on the desktop down with it.
+     */
+    public static BufferedImage uncachedImage(int[] pixels, int width, int height) {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        image.getRaster().setDataElements(0, 0, width, height, pixels);
+        image.setAccelerationPriority(0F);
+        return image;
+    }
+
     // A scaled-up default size can be bigger than a small or low resolution screen.
     static Dimension fitToScreen(Dimension preferred) {
         Rectangle usable = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getMaximumWindowBounds();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/NoiseRenderCoordinator.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/NoiseRenderCoordinator.java
index dc65d0642..c98d0c5f2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/NoiseRenderCoordinator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/NoiseRenderCoordinator.java
@@ -331,10 +331,8 @@ final class NoiseRenderCoordinator implements AutoCloseable {
             return remainingBands.decrementAndGet() == 0;
         }
 
-        // Copied into a fresh image instead of drawing into its buffer, so Java2D can keep the finished frame on the GPU.
         private Result result() {
-            BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(outputWidth, outputHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-            image.getRaster().setDataElements(0, 0, outputWidth, outputHeight, pixels);
+            BufferedImage image = GuiHost.uncachedImage(pixels, outputWidth, outputHeight);
             RenderStats combined = combine(bandStats);
             double milliseconds = (System.nanoTime() - startedNanos) / 1_000_000D;
             return new Result(request, image, milliseconds, combined.samples, combined.minimum, combined.maximum,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/components/IrisRenderer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/components/IrisRenderer.java
index bc9974512..ab8e7ba48 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/components/IrisRenderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/core/gui/components/IrisRenderer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package com.volmit.iris.core.gui.components;
 
+import com.volmit.iris.core.gui.GuiHost;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.IrisComplex;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.framework.Engine;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.object.IrisBiome;
@@ -98,14 +99,7 @@ public final class IrisRenderer {
         checkCancelled(cancelled);
 
         int[] pixels = renderPixels(sx, sz, size, resolution, currentType, cancelled, studio);
-        return managedImage(pixels, resolution);
-    }
-
-    // Filled through the raster rather than its backing array, so Java2D may keep the image on the GPU between paints.
-    private static BufferedImage managedImage(int[] pixels, int resolution) {
-        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(resolution, resolution, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-        image.getRaster().setDataElements(0, 0, resolution, resolution, pixels);
-        return image;
+        return GuiHost.uncachedImage(pixels, resolution, resolution);
     }
 
     private int[] renderPixels(