diff --git a/test/test_uop_graph.py b/test/test_uop_graph.py
index a1217f3ac4..4845bc32ea 100644
--- a/test/test_uop_graph.py
+++ b/test/test_uop_graph.py
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ from tinygrad import dtypes, Device
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG
 from tinygrad.ops import BinaryOps, TernaryOps, UnaryOps, UOps, UOp, KernelInfo
 from tinygrad.ops import UPat, PatternMatcher
-from tinygrad.renderer import Renderer
 from tinygrad.codegen.lowerer import rewrite_shapetracker_with_index
-from tinygrad.codegen.uopgraph import full_graph_rewrite, graph_rewrite, expander, load_store_indexing, sym, float4_folding, migrate_indexing
+from tinygrad.codegen.uopgraph import full_graph_rewrite, graph_rewrite, expander, reducer, sym, float4_folding, finalize, migrate_indexing
 from tinygrad.codegen.linearize import linearize_uop
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker, View
 
@@ -446,10 +445,12 @@ class TestUOpGraph(unittest.TestCase):
 
 def expander_rewrite(sink):
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym + expander)
-  return graph_rewrite(sink, sym + load_store_indexing)
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym + reducer)
+  return graph_rewrite(sink, sym + finalize)
 def float4_rewrite(sink):
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym + migrate_indexing)
-  return graph_rewrite(sink, sym + expander + float4_folding)
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym + expander + float4_folding)
+  return graph_rewrite(sink, sym + finalize)
 
 class TestExpander(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_expand_add_broadcast(self):
@@ -617,11 +618,11 @@ class TestLoadStoreFolder(unittest.TestCase):
     buf = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_GLOBAL, dtypes.float.ptr())
     gate = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.bool)
     load = [UOp(UOps.LOAD, dtypes.float, (buf, UOp.const(dtypes.int, i), UOp.const(dtypes.float, 0), gate)) for i in range(4)]
-    sink = UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, dtypes.float.vec(len(load)), tuple(load)).sink()
-    sink = full_graph_rewrite(sink, Renderer())
+    sink = UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, dtypes.float.vec(len(load)), tuple(load))
+    sink = float4_rewrite(sink)
     assert len([x for x in sink.sparents if x.op is UOps.LOAD]) == 1
     single_load = [x for x in sink.sparents if x.op is UOps.LOAD][0]
-    self.assertEqual(single_load.src[1].op, UOps.VECTORIZE)
+    self.assertEqual(single_load.src[1].op, UOps.CONST)
 
   def test_simple_load_dont_fold_different_gated(self):
     buf = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_GLOBAL, dtypes.float.ptr())
@@ -636,7 +637,7 @@ class TestLoadStoreFolder(unittest.TestCase):
     buf = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_GLOBAL, dtypes.float.ptr())
     load = [UOp(UOps.STORE, dtypes.float, (buf, UOp.const(dtypes.int, i), UOp.const(dtypes.float, 0))) for i in range(4)]
     sink = UOp(UOps.SINK, dtypes.void, tuple(load))
-    sink = full_graph_rewrite(sink, Renderer())
+    sink = float4_rewrite(sink)
     assert len([x for x in sink.sparents if x.op is UOps.STORE]) == 1
 
   def test_simple_store_fold_gate(self):
@@ -644,7 +645,7 @@ class TestLoadStoreFolder(unittest.TestCase):
     gate = UOp.variable("g1", False, True, dtypes.bool)
     load = [UOp(UOps.STORE, dtypes.float, (buf, UOp.const(dtypes.int, i), UOp.const(dtypes.float, 0), gate)) for i in range(4)]
     sink = UOp(UOps.SINK, dtypes.void, tuple(load))
-    sink = full_graph_rewrite(sink, Renderer())
+    sink = float4_rewrite(sink)
     assert len([x for x in sink.sparents if x.op is UOps.STORE]) == 1
     one_store = [x for x in sink.sparents if x.op is UOps.STORE][0]
     assert len(one_store.src) == 3
@@ -656,7 +657,8 @@ class TestLoadStoreFolder(unittest.TestCase):
     gate2 = UOp.variable("g2", False, True, dtypes.bool)
     load = [UOp(UOps.STORE, dtypes.float, (buf, UOp.const(dtypes.int, i), UOp.const(dtypes.float, i), gate if i == 0 else gate2)) for i in range(4)]
     sink = UOp(UOps.SINK, dtypes.void, tuple(load))
-    sink = full_graph_rewrite(sink, Renderer())
+    sink = float4_rewrite(sink)
+    print(sink)
     assert len([x for x in sink.sparents if x.op is UOps.STORE]) == 3
 
 class TestIFUOps(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py b/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
index 196bd3a285..dc134c62db 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
@@ -127,15 +127,10 @@ transcendental_patterns = [
   (UPat(UOps.ALU, dtype=TRANSCENDENTAL_SUPPORTED_DTYPES, src=(UPat.var("d"),), arg=UnaryOps.SIN), xsin),
 ]
 
-@functools.lru_cache(None)
-def get_transcendental_patterns(ops, force_transcendental=False):
-  pat = [(p[0], cast(Callable, p[1])) for p in transcendental_patterns if p[0].arg not in ops or force_transcendental]
-  return PatternMatcher(pat)
-
 powers_of_two = {2**i:i for i in range(64)}
 @functools.lru_cache(None)
-def get_extra_patterns(ops):
-  pat: List[Tuple[UPat, Callable]] = []
+def get_extra_patterns(ops, force_transcendental=False):
+  pat = [(p[0], cast(Callable, p[1])) for p in transcendental_patterns if p[0].arg not in ops or force_transcendental]
   # rewrite MOD to AND (which should always be supported, but not for generic in tests)
   if BinaryOps.AND in ops:
     pat += [(UPat(UOps.ALU, arg=BinaryOps.MOD, src=(UPat.var('base'), UPat.cvar("const"))),
@@ -457,23 +452,13 @@ devectorize = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat((UOps.LOAD, UOps.STORE), name="ls"), no_vectorized_load_store),
 ])
 
-def delete_redundant_gates(store:UOp, buf:UOp, idx:UOp, store_gate:UOp) -> Optional[UOp]:
-  @functools.lru_cache(None)
-  def find_gate(x:UOp) -> Optional[UOp]:
-    if x.op is UOps.IF: return x
-    return next((ret for s in x.src if (ret:=find_gate(s)) is not None), None)
-  if (gate:=find_gate(store)) is None or gate.src[0] is not store_gate: return None
-  return UOp.store(buf.index(idx), *store.src[1:])
-
-load_store_indexing = PatternMatcher([
+reducer = PatternMatcher([
   # late fixup of unfoldable image loads
   (UPat(UOps.LOAD, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat()), allow_any_len=True, name="load"), fix_unfoldable_image_load),
   # simplify valid
   (UPat(UOps.ALU, name="valid", arg=BinaryOps.AND), simplify_valid),
   # image load valid idx simplification
   (UPat(UOps.INDEX, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat.var("start_idx"), UPat.var("valid"))), simplify_valid_load),
-  # delete_redundant_gates (after expand)
-  (UPat(UOps.STORE, src=(UPat.var("buf").index(UPat.var("idx"), UPat.var("store_gate")),), allow_any_len=True, name="store"), delete_redundant_gates),
 ])
 
 def idx_load_store(x:UOp):
@@ -496,39 +481,55 @@ def move_mask(x:UOp, buf:UOp, idx:UOp, mask:UOp, cast:Optional[UOp]=None) -> UOp
   nidx = buf.index(idx).cast(cast.dtype) if cast is not None else buf.index(idx)
   return UOp.load(nidx, x.const_like(0), mask, *x.src[1:], dtype=x.dtype) if x.op is UOps.LOAD else UOp.store(nidx, x.src[1], mask, *x.src[2:])
 
-pm_render = PatternMatcher([
-  # renderers can't deal with VCONST or multiGEP
-  (UPat(UOps.CONST, name='c'),
-   lambda c: UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, c.dtype, (UOp.const(c.dtype.scalar(), c.arg),)*c.dtype.vcount) if c.dtype.vcount > 1 else None),
-  (UPat(UOps.VCONST, name='c'), lambda c: UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, c.dtype, tuple(UOp.const(c.dtype.scalar(), x) for x in c.arg))),
-  (UPat(UOps.GEP, name='gep'), lambda gep: UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, gep.dtype, tuple(gep.src[0].gep(x) for x in gep.arg)) if len(gep.arg) > 1 else None),
-  # basic sym rule, don't vectorize size one
-  (UPat(UOps.VECTORIZE, src=(UPat(name='x'),)), lambda x: x),
+def delete_redundant_gates(root:UOp) -> Optional[UOp]:
+  @functools.lru_cache(None)
+  def find_gate(x:UOp) -> Optional[UOp]:
+    if x.op is UOps.IF: return x
+    return next((ret for s in x.src if (ret:=find_gate(s)) is not None), None)
+  if len(root.src) == 2 or (gate:=find_gate(root)) is None or gate.src[0] is not root.src[2]: return None
+  return UOp(UOps.STORE, root.dtype, root.src[:2], root.arg)
+
+finalize = PatternMatcher([
   # move masks of loads/stores
   # TODO: this should be an IF instead of a masked STORE
   (UPat((UOps.LOAD, UOps.STORE), src=(UPat.any(masked_index:=UPat(UOps.INDEX, src=(UPat(name="buf"), UPat(name="idx"), UPat(name="mask"))),
                                                masked_index.cast(None).named("cast")),), allow_any_len=True, name="x"), move_mask),
+  # delete_redundant_gates (after expand)
+  (UPat(UOps.STORE, name="root"), delete_redundant_gates),
+])
+
+# for rendering, we don't use vector
+pm_render = PatternMatcher([
+  (UPat(UOps.CONST, name='c'),
+   lambda c: UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, c.dtype, (UOp.const(c.dtype.scalar(), c.arg),)*c.dtype.vcount) if c.dtype.vcount > 1 else None),
+  (UPat(UOps.VCONST, name='c'), lambda c: UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, c.dtype, tuple(UOp.const(c.dtype.scalar(), x) for x in c.arg))),
+  (UPat(UOps.GEP, name='gep'), lambda gep: UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, gep.dtype, tuple(gep.src[0].gep(x) for x in gep.arg)) if len(gep.arg) > 1 else None),
+  (UPat(UOps.VECTORIZE, src=(UPat(name='x'),)), lambda x: x),
 ])
 
 # *** uop graph ***
 
 def full_graph_rewrite(sink:UOp, opts:Optional[Renderer]=None) -> UOp:
   assert sink.op is UOps.SINK, f"sink isn't sink, it's {sink.op}"
-  supported_ops = tuple(opts.code_for_op.keys()) if opts is not None else ()
-  extra_matcher = opts.extra_matcher if opts is not None and opts.extra_matcher is not None else PatternMatcher([])
 
-  # initial symbolic + migrate indexing (remove this) + early transcendental
-  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+migrate_indexing+get_transcendental_patterns(supported_ops, TRANSCENDENTAL>=2))
+  # temp for indexing migration
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+migrate_indexing)
 
-  # convert EXPAND -> VECTORIZE
+  # expand
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+expander)
 
-  # convert REDUCE to DEFINE_ACC + ASSIGN (contextual, belongs in lowerer)
+  # convert REDUCE to DEFINE_ACC + ASSIGN (contextual)
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+just_reduce, ctx=[0])
 
-  # devectorize + load/store indexing
-  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+(devectorize+float4_folding if opts is not None and opts.supports_float4 else devectorize)+load_store_indexing)
+  # devectorize
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+(devectorize+float4_folding if opts is not None and opts.supports_float4 else devectorize))
 
-  # final rules for the renderer (without sym)
-  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, pm_render+get_extra_patterns(supported_ops)+extra_matcher)
+  # cleanups
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+reducer)
+
+  # finalize
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+finalize+get_extra_patterns(tuple(opts.code_for_op.keys()) if opts is not None else (), TRANSCENDENTAL>=2))
+
+  # for rendering without sym (including the rules from the renderer)
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, (pm_render+opts.extra_matcher if opts is not None and opts.extra_matcher is not None else pm_render))
   return sink
diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/ptx.py b/tinygrad/renderer/ptx.py
index 9f7fe9998a..1f00e44391 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/ptx.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/ptx.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ptx_matcher = symbolic+PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(UOps.STORE, src=(UPat(dtype=dtypes.int64), UPat(dtype=dtypes.bool)), name="x", allow_any_len=True),
    lambda x: UOp(x.op, dtypes.void, x.src[0:1] + (x.src[1].cast(dtypes.uint8),) + x.src[2:])),
   # load/store use pointer arithmetic, and the cast does nothing
-  (UPat(UOps.INDEX, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat.var("idx"))), lambda buf,idx: buf.cast(dtypes.int64) + idx.cast(dtypes.int64)*buf.dtype.itemsize),
+  (UPat(UOps.INDEX, name="x"), lambda x: x.src[0].cast(dtypes.int64) + x.src[1].cast(dtypes.int64)*x.src[0].dtype.itemsize),
   (UPat(UOps.CAST, name="x"), lambda x: x.src[0] if isinstance(x.dtype, PtrDType) else None),
 ])