if I combine 16gb and 8gb of ram will it be dual channel ?

[Zemni1]

Hello , I have just bought hp pavilion gaming with Ryzen 7 4800h , gtx 1660ti max q and 16gb of RAM .

the problem is that the ram is single channel , it s teamgroup 2666mhz 16gb of ram and that really affects my fps in valorant because i was getting average 120fps while it should be over 180 watch this video to see the difference : 

 

so now i don't have much more money to buy another 16gb of ram . so if i get a 8gb from the same manufacturer and the same clock speed ( 2 slpots 16gb + 8gb ) will it run as dual channel or should i get the 16gb version. 

[Entropy.]

29 minutes ago, Zemni1 said:

Hello , I have just bought hp pavilion gaming with Ryzen 7 4800h , gtx 1660ti max q and 16gb of RAM .

the problem is that the ram is single channel , it s teamgroup 2666mhz 16gb of ram and that really affects my fps in valorant because i was getting average 120fps while it should be over 180 watch this video to see the difference : 

 

so now i don't have much more money to buy another 16gb of ram . so if i get a 8gb from the same manufacturer and the same clock speed ( 2 slpots 16gb + 8gb ) will it run as dual channel or should i get the 16gb version. 

1. Those videos really shouldn't be your source of information. They're often inaccurate or miss certain key details. They have a very different laptop which might have a more robust cooling solution, and there might be other factors involved. 

2. You made sure there's two slots in the laptop, and that the ram isn't soldered, right? 

3. Provided that you match the speed, model (ish)and cas latency, you should be fine, unless you use some really messed up ram. Even if you don't you probably should be fine.  It will run in dual-channel most likely. 

4. Do note that by opening up your laptop and replacing your ram, you're *most likely* voiding your warranty. 

[LIGISTX]

It *should*, *possibly*, run in dual channel up to when the smallest stick is full. So say you have and 8 and 16, totaling 24. Up until you use 16 GB, it may run in dual channel (I think it depends on bios? Maybe? I forget what determines this as it’s sorta not a common way to go about it), but once you use past 16 GB, so anything between 16 and 24 GB of usage, will drop back to single channel. 
 

Really, you should just try and get another 16 GB stick @Zemni1

[Zemni1]

thank you very much for the clarification. i know that i will void my warranty but i have 144hz screen and i m not utilizing it because i get average 120 fps and sometimes it drops down to 80 and 90 if i play for a long period of time so i m ready to do it all for the 144hz mark .