I can understand that some of the users of "the old small table size" are not amused now. However for me this is ideal. I'm using a 22" 1600*1050 (widescreen) monitor and I can fit 9 (new) small tables now without overlap. I use PaHUD for my table-overlay and I had to pitch up the fontsize a little (from 8 to 10 and from 10 to 12, verdana fontstyle). But everything is well readable now.
Here is a picture of my setup now:
