Compare that to Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023), which launched with full DX12 + RT from day one. The difference is generational.
A story about the "Next-Gen Update" where Capcom upgraded the game to DirectX 12, causing performance issues for some players, and the community's quest to "roll back" to the stable DirectX 11 version . resident evil 3 directx 11
"If you are replaying RE3 for the 5th time to unlock all shop items, save yourself the headache. Use DX11. It’s boring and reliable, which is exactly what you want from a graphics API." — r/residentevil moderator Compare that to Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023),
Benchmarks and expected performance (practical guidance) causing performance issues for some players
Unlike Resident Evil 2 , RE3 hides its DX11 option. To enable it: