diff --git a/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxGraphicsStateGuardian9.cxx b/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxGraphicsStateGuardian9.cxx
index 89c30d5a7a..ca364dc5a1 100755
--- a/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxGraphicsStateGuardian9.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxGraphicsStateGuardian9.cxx
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ upload_texture(DXTextureContext9 *dtc, bool force) {
   }
 
   dtc->delete_texture();
+  dtc->update_data_size_bytes(0);
+  dtc->mark_unloaded();
   
   if (_incomplete_render && !force) {
     bool has_image = _supports_compressed_texture ? tex->has_ram_image() : tex->has_uncompressed_ram_image();
@@ -5136,6 +5138,8 @@ check_dx_allocation (HRESULT result, int allocation_size, int attempts)
           size_t current_size = _prepared_objects->_graphics_memory_lru.get_total_size();
           size_t target_size = max(current_size - allocation_size * attempts, 0);
           _prepared_objects->_graphics_memory_lru.evict_to(target_size);
+          dxgsg9_cat.info()
+            << "Evicted " << current_size - _prepared_objects->_graphics_memory_lru.get_total_size() << " bytes of texture memory to make room for more.\n";
           if (_prepared_objects->_graphics_memory_lru.get_total_size() < current_size) {
             retry = true;
           }
diff --git a/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxTextureContext9.cxx b/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxTextureContext9.cxx
index d454002cd0..c122f18cca 100755
--- a/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxTextureContext9.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/dxgsg9/dxTextureContext9.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #define DEBUG_SURFACES false
-#define DEBUG_TEXTURES false
+#define DEBUG_TEXTURES true
 
 TypeHandle DXTextureContext9::_type_handle;
 
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ evict_lru() {
     mark_used_lru();
     return;
   }
+  if (dxgsg9_cat.is_debug()) {
+    dxgsg9_cat.debug()
+      << "Evicting " << *get_texture() << "\n";
+  }
 
   dequeue_lru();
   delete_texture();
@@ -820,6 +824,13 @@ create_texture(DXScreenData &scrn) {
   
   int attempts;
 
+  if (dxgsg9_cat.is_debug()) {
+    dxgsg9_cat.debug()
+      << "Creating " << *tex << ", " << data_size << " bytes, "
+      << scrn._d3d_device->GetAvailableTextureMem()
+      << " reported available.\n";
+  }
+
   attempts = 0;
   do
   {
@@ -850,8 +861,8 @@ create_texture(DXScreenData &scrn) {
     }
 
     attempts++;
-  }
-  while (scrn._dxgsg9 -> check_dx_allocation (hr, data_size, attempts));
+  } while (scrn._dxgsg9 -> check_dx_allocation (hr, data_size, attempts));
+
   if (FAILED(hr)) {
     dxgsg9_cat.error()
       << "D3D create_texture failed!" << D3DERRORSTRING(hr);