Forcing Acrobat to display a PDF with an accuracy of a single pixel

This is a bit strange question, I didn't know where to put it...
I'm developing a program for creating a pdf from a GUI interface sample.
This means that I need to replicate what is in the GUI to the PDF EXACTLY. And when I say that I mean to the pixel.
Windows magnifier tool helps a lot, however, Acrobat (as Reader as well) does not draw everything to a pixel. It's not only due to the Acrobat, but drivers and some screen and display setting as well. That can't be helped. However, if I zoom in enough everything will be shown properly, but the bounds of the original pixels will be distorted...
Is there any way I can zoom in and somehow see where each pixel should be?

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