http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31338
GyB gyebro69@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #5 from GyB gyebro69@gmail.com 2012-07-28 02:15:19 CDT --- No such problem here: Max Payne 2 (Steam), Nvidia 250 / driver 295.59, Wine 1.5.9.
fixme:d3d8:ValidateVertexShader (0x7456f08 (nil) (nil) 1 0x33f308): stub ...
those lines are present for me as well.
Did the game work for you with previous Wine versions? Could you try lowering gfx details, disable some of the effects in the launcher to see if that makes a difference?