Intel HD 4000 on MBP 13-inch gives 'jumpy' graphics in certain games on Windows

In some games, namely Alan Wake, Deus Ex: HR and Battlefield 3, the Intel HD 4000 and Core i7 in my 2012 MacBook Pro get me very annoying jumpy graphics performance. I don't expect much from BF3 on this machine. However, many people on YouTube seem to be able to get the game barely running on the lowest settings. Although their performance is low, no one seems to have this jumpy effect in their videos. If only I could find out how to fix it, I'll be happy with 30 fps. The jumpiness is highly annoying and game breaking.
I can describe this choppiness as frame-lag, but with the graphics adapter possibly smoothing this out (even though I don't see this happen to other people on YouTube). In effect, it looks like the game is alternating between running normally and then in slo-mo. This happens a couple times per second. With certain settings, this happens in other games as well. However, I was able to easily play Saints Row The Third and GTA IV on this computer. I don't believe this issue occurs in OS X, or maybe it's just that I don't play too demanding games on OS X. I have seen this issue happen more in Windows 8 (not virtual, Boot Camp).
Is this some sort of defect? Can this be solved with a driver change, some setting or tweak? Does my computer need some cleaning?

You have to disable driver signature verification, because these drivers are not digitally signed.
Go to settings-> change pc settings-> general-> advanced startup to get to the boot menu where you can do this.
After the boot menu appears:
Troubleshoot-> Advanced options-> Startup Settings-> Restart
After the new boot menu appears:
Press 7, disable driver signature enforcement.

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