I believe you can see that too by the way you mark up your text sig. If it looks nice and clean, it is just as good, and often reads better and faster than a complex render.

Then again, putting in a simple and good logo is probably the best. It get's annoying tho when one person posts alot of posts in one thread. Try pressing 'all' in the 'fun thread reloaded', Firo's shield is enhancing loading time quite alot :P