5
For better performance use official modules. News 1.2 are RC (release candidate) but run it 100% and have a lot of extra features (include intro + body text field in submit news).
The last version is news 1.2.1 RC2 (http://dev.xoops.org/modules/xfmod/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1008&release_id=57&dl=246)