Yes it is an option now. Considering that there used to be over 60 queries used when displaying the forum information with ubbthreads.php compared to this:
Generated in 0.063 seconds. 15 queries. Zlib compression enabled.
I would say it's a good thing. Saved over 45 queries!
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