A client has requested an enhancement of their video-rendering workstation. After confirming compatibility with the existing motherboard and CPU, you decide to upgrade the memory. The system needs the highest available bandwidth and improved power efficiency to handle demanding rendering workloads. According to current industry standards, which type of memory module should you install to maximize performance?
Installing DDR5 (Double Data Rate 5) memory delivers the largest step-up in bandwidth over previous generations-starting at 4800 MT/s versus DDR4's 3200 MT/s-and operates at a lower voltage (≈1.1 V vs. 1.2 V). These changes provide noticeably higher throughput and better power efficiency for processor-intensive tasks like video rendering. Adding more DDR3 or DDR4 modules would not reach comparable performance, and adjusting the paging file is a software change that cannot match the benefits of faster physical RAM.
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