Revamping Mac Pro 5,1

Hello,
I have a few question, can I dual-boot OS X Lion and Win 7 64-bit on two separate SSD's... Can it be done? if it does, what are the steps? Also I want to install an EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti on my Mac Pro, had anyone done this successfully? I've seen videos, on just OS X Lion only, but no dual-boot.
I am currently dual booting through bootcamp with a Win 7 64-bit just for gaming (Battlefield 3, All Crysis titles, Metro 2033, etc), but I tried the Crysis 3 Multiplayer demo and the Radeon 5870 CANNOT handle it on neither Very High, Extreme, and Ultra settings.
Thanks for reading,
- Kenneth

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