so i found this website that does the website performance and it seems xenforo is in lead, although would this be anything of significant once xf introduce more features?
ipb: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110813_EE_1ACBZ/1/details/
xf: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110813_G1_1ACC1/1/details/
vb: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110813_4S_1ACDN/1/details/
ipb: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110813_EE_1ACBZ/1/details/
xf: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110813_G1_1ACC1/1/details/
vb: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/110813_4S_1ACDN/1/details/