"Inner Join" and "in (SELECT ...)" Performance differance

Dear All,
iwas wondering which of the the two methods, ( inner join ) or (in SELECT ...) ,has a better performance than the other.

to be more clear .. if i have two tables having join between them
and i want to select from table1 with a condition in the where satement that reflects on the other table

ex:
Select * from Table1
FROM table1
Inner Join table2 ON
table1.field = table2.field
where table1.field2 = value AND table2.field3 = value

or is it better to be:
Select * from Table1
FROM table1
where table1.field2 = value AND table1.field3 in (SELECT table2.field3 FROM table2 where ... )

If i remember correctly - INNER JOINs will almost always be faster than SUB-SELECTs

Here's a handy little reference doc: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/tuning_joins.asp

thnx alot for ur appretiate help