diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/GPFifo.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/GPFifo.cpp
index e0fd743da5..61483a4dbc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/GPFifo.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/GPFifo.cpp
@@ -67,38 +67,27 @@ void ResetGatherPipe()
 void STACKALIGN CheckGatherPipe()
 {
 	// HyperIris: Memory::GetPointer is an expensive call, call it less, run faster
-	u8* pGatherPipe = Memory::GetPointer(CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer);
-
+	// ector: Well not really - this loop will only rarely go more than one lap.
 	while (m_gatherPipeCount >= GATHER_PIPE_SIZE)
 	{	
 		// copy the GatherPipe
-		memcpy(pGatherPipe, m_gatherPipe, GATHER_PIPE_SIZE);
-
-        // [F|RES]: i thought GP is forced to mem1 ... strange 
+		memcpy(Memory::GetPointer(CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer), m_gatherPipe, GATHER_PIPE_SIZE);
 
 		// move back the spill bytes
 		m_gatherPipeCount -= GATHER_PIPE_SIZE;
 		
 		// HyperIris: dunno why, but I use memcpy
-		//for (u32 i=0; i < m_gatherPipeCount; i++) 
-		//	m_gatherPipe[i] = m_gatherPipe[i + GATHER_PIPE_SIZE];
 		memcpy(m_gatherPipe, m_gatherPipe + GATHER_PIPE_SIZE, m_gatherPipeCount);
 		
 		// increase the CPUWritePointer
 		CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer += GATHER_PIPE_SIZE; 
-		// adjust
-		pGatherPipe += GATHER_PIPE_SIZE;
 
 		if (CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer > CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUEnd)
 			_assert_msg_(DYNA_REC, 0, "Fifo_CPUWritePointer out of bounds: %08x (end = %08x)", 
 						CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer, CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUEnd);
 
 		if (CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer >= CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUEnd)
-		{
 			CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer = CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUBase;		
-			// adjust, take care
-			pGatherPipe = Memory::GetPointer(CPeripheralInterface::Fifo_CPUWritePointer);
-		}
 		CommandProcessor::GatherPipeBursted();
 	}
 }