What's the better deal? - same price, different specs

I've got a tough choice between two good Macbook pros at the same price. Which do you think will perform better? Which is the best overall deal? Why?
The most computer intensive things I do will be basic movie editing, 3d modeling with CAD, maybe gaming. So I guess graphics are pretty important.
New Macbook pro 15" ($1699 with student discount plus a free $100 app store card)
Refurbished Oct 2011 Macbook pro 15"
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MD103LL/A?
OS: Mountain Lion
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD322LL/A
OS: Lion [$20 upgrade to ML]
Processor: 3rd gen 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 - 6MB L3
Processor: 2nd gen 2.4 GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 - 6MB L3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
-NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory with graphics switching
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared w/ main memory
-AMD Radeon HD 6770M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Memory: 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB [may want to upgrade to 8GB for $90]
Memory: 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive: 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
Hard Drive: 750GB Serial ATA @5400 rpm
two USB 3 ports
two USB 2 ports
Thanks!

the 2.3GHz Quad Core will be faster than the 2.4GHz Quad Core because of the system bus of 1600MHz....
with the 1600MHz system bus and faster 1600MHz RAM, this will be a better deal for you.
in any event, either macbook pro will be fine with what you'll be using it for....
although the 2.4GHz might seem faster because of the speed of the processor, do keep in mind that the 2.3GHz is running on the new ivy bridge processor/chipset..
you will be however, happy with either one....
or you can buy one and if you're not happy with it, you have a 14 day return/exchange policy and replace with the other one...
good luck in deciding...

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