To Scrilla:

Tried BAMT, its a no go. Windows didn't work either, cant get more than 4 cards in that. Its definitely not a power issue, I have 3x 850 with not more than 750 on one PSU, and I have a dedicated 50A breaker. Aux power on mobo is 8 pin and yes I am using powered risers.

To Wipeout2097:

I have thought about that as a last resort, but I just have made a frame that took a long long time that is very nice and takes 6 cards. After so much time invested in this, I really want to see 6 cards work and I know its been done. I have 6 7950s working great, but these r9 290s make no sense.



I am thinking about buying a different motherboard than the MSI 990FXA-GD80 I am using. I am thinking of getting the MSI z77a-GD65 and getting an intel processor (not sure which one I need yet though, I know I read something somewhere that it needs to be an Ivy Bridge but I have been out of the loop on the latest intel processors for a while now). I think that might solve this problem but who knows ><