| The core can support up to 8 pixel pipes, operating on a single texture, and using second-generation pixel and vertex shaders. |
| It may be PC gamers playing technology catch-up while the consolers now enjoy the bulk of new games featuring the latest shaders, physics and light engines. |
| Old graphics cards don't support shaders, and trying to run a post-effect on them would result in a failure. |
| The 460's support for DX11 features such as tessellation and compute shaders allow Civilization V to run faster while looking better than ever. |
| Programmable shaders, bilinear and trilinear texture filtering, texture compression, support for six simultaneous textures and a 40-bit colour pipeline for high-resolution detailed images. |
| Realistic shaders and materials add lifelike qualities to designs, and environment maps provide realistic reflections without leaving the design mode. |
