I'm not sure 500 bucks will get you far, I think you're better off building a computer. I built my computer for 600 cad and it runs beam pretty well.
Bare minimum. An intel CPU of some sort and an NVidia GTX1050 4gb model. Most laptops of this spec are about 1000 bucks.
I have one: Component Selection Price CPU Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor $75.49 Motherboard MSI - B250M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Form Factor: Micro ATX Chipset: Intel B250 RAM Slots: 4 - 16 RAM Type: DDR4 $56.98 Memory Crucial - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory Type: 288-pin DIMM Size: 8GB (2x4GB) $87.99 Video Card Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Video Card Chipset: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti $162.99 Total: $383.45 Built at pcpartspicker.com (assuming you have your own PSU, Case, and Windows10 key (which you can get for cheap)) --- Post updated --- Adding the PSU, Case, and OS is probably another $100-200
OS is over 100 on its own, good power supply about 100. Can get an ok case for 50 or so, nice ones alot more but budget doesnt get you nice. You missed off hard drive
I always get my Microsoft keys from r/microsoftsoftwareswap on Reddit. Win 10 Pro for about $45. No affiliation. Key's have worked every time for me.
Money laundering, stolen credit cards and PayPal are used to buy keys, thief then sells keys under their own bank accounts etc. It's most effective method of money laundering in this decade
A tad on the outlandish side don't you think? I'm certain Reddit mods would have closed the sub if that where true. Personally I think that they're just overstock from big company purchases.
Big companies don't buy individual license keys. Microsoft issue them multiple user licenses, my license is the same as my colleagues licenses etc
Try a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop. Not as powerful for a desktop for the price but it is a genuine gaming machine. US$900 with discount currently or $1100 without. 7th gen intel i5 7300HQ processor and GTX 1060 mean definite 60 frames on decent quality.
Sadly not. building a laptop like a desktop is basically impossible, because they don't sell individual chassis or etc for a laptop. Some laptops you can find use desktop CPUs or generic GPUs so that you can swap them out for better pieces, and normally you can change the RAM/storage of most gaming laptops, but if you're buying a laptop you're relegated to prebuilt systems (which is not necessarily the worst crime in the world)
Honestly, I've had success with an i5-3230m/HD4000 based laptop and BeamNG. BUT, AND IT'S A LARGE TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK BUT: It was with the stock D-15 on Grid Map defaulting to bare minimal settings at 1366x768 (which is native res on my Latitude E6430). Your mileage absolutely will vary by about a country mile. Something with the latest AMD Ryzen mobile APUs might do okay, something with an Intel 8000 series U processor mated to an MX150 will absolutely do you fine.
I own the model with the GTX 1050i. Runs maps like roane county at 45-60fps on normal settings, got it for 600ish, it can run 60 consistently if shadows are disabled, even more on less intensive maps.
