Will HD 7870 Bottleneck with i7 860?

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Hey guyz!
I currently have a i7 860 on a ASUS P7P55D LE with a XFX Geforce GTS 250 and 8/00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24) (4*2GB)Ram.
I am planning to upgrade my VGA To a HD 7870 (or maybe higher, like 7950).
I wanted to know if my new Graphic Card (which I haven't bought yet) will bottleneck with my cpu. And Also is there any problem with my Ram? It has a low frequency.
BTW For how much time I can play games on high setting with HD 7870 @ 1440x900?
Thanks!
 

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I don't think you will face a bottleneck in most games. There might be the slightest of bottlenecks in some cpu bound games like skyrim but that will be solved by OCing the cpu a few hundred Mhz.
 
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The Only way I know for overclocking is Using Asus Turbo v which doesn't support windows 8. Can someone show me a guide?