When I upgraded to version 6 the very first time I was gutted as it seemed to kill everything on me server and was running REAL slow.
I dont know whats happend between then and now but version 2 is running as fast as any version of UBB I have ever run, most of my users have commented on a great speed increase since the upgrade.
I find this surprising, as the UBB files are getting bigger and bigger lol..
Also it seems the busier my board gets the faster its running!! is that odd or what, maybe something to do with the UBB caching?
I was thinking seriously about switching to VBB, but now I have 6.2 installed I am happy again, just a few little bugs to sort and i'll be sorted.
And yes I am using PHP and zlib.
If I was you I would install 6.2, get your host to sort out PHP for you, if they say no, then its time to get a new host.
