Nah, only worse than those who haven't been paying attention for the last 6 years (or even more - RTG's current downfall started with Cayman back in late 2010) expected ... or AMDtards of course (for the record - I know you're neither of those). I've been saying for a about a year now that the best what Biiiiiig Navi can manage, is roughly match a 2080 super and that's looking more and more like bang on. The problem of course is that it won't even be enough to parry the 3070, leaving them to probably battle the rumored 3060Ti at best, lol
Or, you know, ... they simply didn't have anything to respond with - Occam's razor my friend, Occam's razor.
I think you should only wait for them if you are looking at buying a mid-range card and are a huge fan (to say the least), for everyone else - get an Nvidia card as soon as you find one at a reasonable price, because there are a good number of indicators those are going to rise for at least a while rather soon after release.
Oh, regarding cooking - yeah, they keep doing that, cooking themselves that is... This is a nice exposé on the matter: