How do I choose which video card AE uses?

Howdy,
I have two video cards in my system which I use for editing, motion grahics and animation. My new card has 3x the amount of ram as the older card yet AE chooses the older card for previews. Is there somewhere I can change that in prefs?
Thanks,
Curtis

Regarding video RAM: There is some benefit in giving the OpenGL renderer more texture memory (if you're using the OpenGL renderer at all, that is).
from "Render with OpenGL":
"To modify the amount of texture memory, choose Edit > Preferences > Previews (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > Previews (Mac OS), click OpenGL Info, and enter a value for Texture Memory of no more than 80% of the installed video RAM (VRAM) on your video card."
The default is set way too low for modern cards, which have so much more memory.
But, all that said, the OpenGL renderer isn't really worth giving much thought to in After Effects. I only ever use it for the OpenGL - Interactive previews.

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