One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for storing processed data within buffer objects stored in buffer object memory from within shader engines executing on a GPU. The method comprises the steps of receiving a stream of one or more shading program commands via a graphics driver, executing, within a shader engine, at least one of the one or more shading program commands to generate processed data, determining from the stream of one or more shading program commands an address associated with a first data object stored within the buffer memory, and storing, from within the shader engine, the processed data in the first data object stored within the buffer memory.