You are correct that the problem is that the GPU+GPU audio are in the same group as other things. You have a couple options for your type of situation-
Pass everything in the group through.(does not work for you)
Switch around cards in slots on the mobo(again does not work for you since all the slots are in one group)
Buy a better motherboard(last resort)
Update your UEFI(may work, who knows)
ACS patch as mentioned above
Here are instructions for applying the ACS patch on Ubuntu systems-