An article was released today and it stated that the gtx 1080 ti is going for $ 1500 and vega for $2000, so my advice to you is buy crypto, dont waste time with mining at current prices, even if the gtx 1080 ti was $600 I would stick to buying and holding the coin cause buying and holding past 2 years gave 1800% while mining only 230%.
Whoever wrote that article is a dumb fuck.
Titan XP right here for $1138 and its the star wars one direct from Nvidia:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/star-wars-jedi-order-titan-xp-collectors-edition/Yup. Someone sold their Vega 64 for $1200 and bought the Titan XP there was a write up the other day.
And really 1080ti's are going for $1000-1150 not $1500.
My hobby is mining, I cant afford to drop £700 into the chain as If I loose all my money its gone I like the investment with having hardware to fall on if the industry collapses atm because of bitcoin drop Whatotmine shows really low figures I guess we are waiting for alt coins to catch up as well
I'm small time only got a few cards going, but like you its just a new hobby to check it out. I rather buy a card and mine, vs buying crypto. Sure I might make more if I buy a certain currency at the time but mining is a heck of a lot safer if the market drops out at least you still have a card that you can sell.