It's documented on wikichip from this thread:

Originally Posted by Khaled @ https://forums.mirc.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/263709
When the "dbu" option was added long ago, it worked correctly for the majority of people, however the method it used was a generic dialog sizing method. The "map" option is an updated method that uses the now recommended method for mapping dialog sizes across different versions of Windows with different system fonts and DPIs.
Yes is the only answer.


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