Not the actual golden mean. That is 1.618ish. A 1024x633 display would nearly have that ratio. It has long been shunned in hardware because it requires one row

Not the actual golden mean. That is 1.618ish. A 1024x633 display would nearly have that ratio. It has long been shunned in hardware because it requires one row or column of irregular size to implement, which was never a rational decision.