after reading this thread, it's probably a good idea to just grab the deal i got offered:
3x RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB
for about 400 USD total
But yea, looking forward to the rumored Nvidia cards and Samsung ASICs. I'm pretty sure they're gonna be expensive AF and get snatched up before it hits the market like all those "Mining Variant" cards that everyone thinks that they're shitty. Cuz big mining farms don't care.