I use Chrome and no ad blocking software. I get one banner ad at the top and one sidebar ad to the right. That's all.
I think you get more ads if you are accessing as a non-registered user. At least most of the boards I frequent do this.
I used to run Ad Blockers, but found that they actually slowed my system down a lot more than just letting a couple of ads load. If a site has too much advertising, I go to another site. It's the advertisers who help keep the sites free after all. Kudos to the site admins for keeping this one reasonable.