Thanks, then in all honesty here with $1500 budget just for cards which one would you recommend?
I cannot recommend any AMD cards because I really have no clue about AMD.
www.reddit.com/r/litecoinmining will likely get you the help you want. Or other users in this thread may chip in.
Christian
P.S. I will be throwing some 20-30 kHash/s at Yacoin solomining again. Lower power consumption and noise. Fair return. Potential for betterment of exchange rate. Low network hash rate, perfectly solo-able.