MULTIMODE GAMING SERVER

Aspects of the present invention relate to a multimode gaming server with different types of computing resources provided within the server. The different computing resources can be optimized for different computing tasks. For example, a first type of resource can be optimized for producing high definition graphics and a second type of resource for enterprise computing. Each resource may be activated or deactivated as demand for different computing tasks change throughout the day. In one aspect, the resources are different chip sets in different mother board sockets. In one aspect, provisioning of the other components (e.g., cooling, power supply, network bandwidth) in the multimode server is not adequate for both computing resources to run simultaneously.