These will make a good card to experiment with. I am going to purchase one when I can. More RAM which is nice for larger models, but you can do a lot with 8GB of ram, especially if you are just getting going. Do not let worrying about having the latest and greatest hardware keep you from getting started. Time is the most important resource to have, not spec sheets.
These cards look like they will have Tensor Cores, which should give a significant boost (e.g. ~50% of P100/V100 performance for certain operations at ~10% of the cost) over the 1080 series.
The Quadro's have a higher spec ram (think ECC vs. DDR) which is important for a workstation GPU, but the price difference goes up in a hurry. My suggestion would be to learn on a RTX and then you can rent a Quadro if you need more power to play with.
These cards look like they will have Tensor Cores, which should give a significant boost (e.g. ~50% of P100/V100 performance for certain operations at ~10% of the cost) over the 1080 series.
The Quadro's have a higher spec ram (think ECC vs. DDR) which is important for a workstation GPU, but the price difference goes up in a hurry. My suggestion would be to learn on a RTX and then you can rent a Quadro if you need more power to play with.